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An American Civil War Era African American Southern Quilt From the Deep South
Located in Barrington, IL
repurposed into this beautiful folk art creation by African Americans in the deep south.   The backing of the
Category

Late 19th Century American Antique African American Art

Materials

Wool, Cotton

Vintage American Rag Runner in Stripe Pattern in Pink, Cream, Blue, Green, Red
Located in Barrington, IL
England region of the United State or African Americans in the Southern part of the Us in their quilts
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Early 20th Century American Antique African American Art

Materials

Wool, Cotton

African American Woman artist Mailou Jones Cezannian Cote d'Azur cubist village
Located in Norwich, GB
If you are interested in African American Art and in Women in the Arts, I will certainly not need
Category

Mid-19th Century American Modern Antique African American Art

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Handmade Paper

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 Antique African American Art

Materials

Textile

Antique African American Pine Burr Quilt
African American Pine Burr Quilt
H 75 in W 60 in D 0.25 in
Vintage Southern Quilt in Wedding Ring Pattern in Pale Green, Ivory, Green
Located in Barrington, IL
Quilts, 19th Century Quilts, African American Art, Antique African American Quilts, Vintage Raising Barn
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Early 20th Century American Antique African American Art

Materials

Cotton

1929 African American Woodcut "Jazz"
Located in San Francisco, CA
Incredible early 20th century woodcut of an African American Jazz scene. It is tiled Jazz and dated
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1920s Antique African American Art

Materials

Woodcut

African American Cotton field Southern Caronlina Painting, Woman w/ Pipe
By William Aiken Walker
Located in New York, NY
Up for sale is a wonderful 19th C painting by William Aiken Walker (1838 - 1921) Depicts a Soutjern Carolina Lady with a pipe in her mouth, with a vivid cotton bush in front of her....
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1860s Hudson River School Antique African American Art

Materials

Oil

ANGLO-AMERICAN SCHOOL C. 1820'S - PORTRAIT OF MERCHANT ON SHIP WITH GLOBE & MAP
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Anglo/ American School, early 19th century. Title: Full length portrait of a
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Early 19th Century Realist Antique African American Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique Map of the Southern Oceans, South America and Africa
Located in Larchmont, NY
Antique Map of the South Atlantic, c. 1800s Engraving 20 x 28 in. Framed: 25 3/4 x 33 3/4 in.
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19th Century Realist Antique African American Art

Materials

Engraving

Early 20th Century Southern American Folk Art Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
A captivating and intriguing early 20th century Southern American folk art panel, found in
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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Antique African American Art

Materials

Wood, Paint

Profile of an African Woman —1920s Modernism
By Boris Lovet-Lorski
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Boris Lovet-Lorski, Untitled (Profile of an African Woman), lithograph, edition 250, 1929. Signed
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1920s American Modern Antique African American Art

Materials

Lithograph

'Speak', American Realist Painting, 19th Century
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
an American painter, craftsperson and art restorer known for portraits, interiors, immigrant genre
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1880s American Realist Antique African American Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Untitled (Profile of an African Woman)
By Boris Lovet-Lorski
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
, and painter, Boris Lovet-Lorski was born in Lithuania in 1894 and studied at the Academy of Art in St
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1920s Art Deco Antique African American Art

Materials

Lithograph

Portrait of an African Woman — 1920s Modernism
By Boris Lovet-Lorski
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Boris Lovet-Lorski, Untitled (Portrait of an African Woman), lithograph, edition 250, 1929. Signed
Category

1920s Art Deco Antique African American Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Pioneer Family" WPA American Modernism Plaster Maquette Realism 20th Century
By William Zorach
Located in New York, NY
primitive arts such as African and American folk. Zorach found his sculptural direction by instinct, but
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1920s American Modern Antique African American Art

Materials

Plaster

"Tree, Trunk, and Roots, New York" Joseph Stella, American Modernism
By Joseph Stella
Located in New York, NY
immigrated to America in 1896 and studied medicine and pharmacology, but upon the advice of artist friend
Category

1920s American Modern Antique African American Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

West Africa: 18th Century Hand-colored Homann Map Entitled "Guinea Propria"
By Johann Baptist Homann
Located in Alamo, CA
popular location for trade between Africa, Europe and the Americas in the 18th century. The very
Category

1740s Other Art Style Antique African American Art

Materials

Engraving

French North African early 20th century Impressionist, Fishermen coming ashore
Located in Woodbury, CT
French North African early 20th-century Impressionist, Fishermen coming ashore with their daily
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Early 1900s Impressionist Antique African American Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Concert" Early 20th Century WPA Modernism American City Landscape Scene Ashcan
By Michael Loew
Located in New York, NY
"Concert" Early 20th Century WPA Modernism American City Landscape Scene Ashcan The size of the
Category

1920s American Modern Antique African American Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Girl with Doll" Charles Sprague Pearce, American Impressionism, Figurative
By Charles Sprague Pearce
Located in New York, NY
in Munich, Germany, traditionally a magnet for American art students. Pearce arrived in the French
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1890s Impressionist Antique African American Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

African Agapanthus, or Blue Lily, a native of the Cape
By Frances Jauncey Ketchum
Located in New York, NY
Signed (at lower right): FJK
Category

Early 19th Century American Realist Antique African American Art

Materials

Watercolor

Jobs for Fighters original post World War 1 vintage American poster
By Gordon Grant
Located in Spokane, WA
a correspondent and illustrator for Harper’s Weekly where he traveled to South Africa to document
Category

1810s American Realist Antique African American Art

Materials

Lithograph

'Foul Rope (Left)' — early American rodeo
By William Robinson Leigh
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Yellowstone’ (1911). In 1926 he traveled to Africa at the invitation of Carl Akeley for the American Museum
Category

1920s Realist Antique African American Art

Materials

Etching

A Pair of Continental Paintings, Depicting Allegories Of Africa and Asia
Located in Dallas, TX
A Pair of continental paintings, Depicting allegories, two of the Continents the Americas and
Category

19th Century English Baroque Antique African American Art

Materials

Paint

West Coast of Africa; Guinea & Sierra Leone: Bellin 18th Century Map
Located in Alamo, CA
Africa, published in Paris in 1780 in Antoine-Francois Prevost's "Histoire Générale des Voyages, ou
Category

1740s Old Masters Antique African American Art

Materials

Engraving

19th Century American Applique Quilt in Floral Pattern from Pennsylvania
Located in Barrington, IL
Applique Quilts, Vintage Raising Barn Quilt, Vintage Log Cabin Quilt, Americana, American Folk Art, Antique
Category

19th Century American Antique African American Art

Materials

Cotton

Africa: A Large 17th Century Hand-colored Map By Sanson and Jaillot
By Nicholas Sanson d'Abbeville
Located in Alamo, CA
This large original hand-colored copperplate engraved map of Africa entitled "L'Afrique divisee
Category

1690s Antique African American Art

Materials

Engraving

19th Century Hand Stitched American Amish Crib Quilt in Pink, Ivory, Navy Blue
Located in Barrington, IL
Quilts, Amish American Art, Antique Amish American Quilts, Vintage Raising Barn Quilt, Vintage Log Cabin
Category

Late 19th Century American Antique African American Art

Materials

Cotton

19th Century American Applique Quilt in Hearts and Tulips Pattern in Ivory, Pink
Located in Barrington, IL
, Vintage Raising Barn Quilt, Vintage Log Cabin Quilt, Americana, American Folk Art, Antique American
Category

Late 19th Century American Antique African American Art

Materials

Cotton

Hand Stitched American Silk Quilt in “Raising Barn” Pattern Circa the Late 1800s
Located in Barrington, IL
, Americana, American Folk Art, Antique American Textiles, American Silk Quilt, Vintage Quilts, Hand Stitched
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Early 20th Century American Antique African American Art

Materials

Cotton, Silk

Vintage Late 19th Century Canvas Circus Carnival Midway Folk Art Sideshow Banner
Located in Santa Monica, CA
. Great example of American folk art banner painting. The Great American African Camel Back Horse and Two
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Early 1900s American Folk Art Antique African American Art

Materials

Canvas

"4:00 Tea" Painting by Magdalene D. Lewis, African-American Artist
By Magdalene D. Lewis
Located in New Rochelle, NY
A warm and beautifully executed work of art by Magdalene D. Lewis. Born in the mid-1800s to black
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Early 20th Century American Antique African American Art

Antique African Side Table in Carved Solid Wood and Inlayed Bone
Located in Tilburg, NL
! A traditional piece of African art, but very usable in a modern, mid-century or wabi sabi interior
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Early 20th Century African American Craftsman Antique African American Art

Materials

Wood

Clarissa - British exhibited art 20's oil painting portrait actress Olive Groves
By Sir Gerald Festus Kelly
Located in London, GB
an early influence. Kelly travelled much, visiting Spain, America, South Africa and Burma. In 1920 he
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1920s Realist Antique African American Art

Materials

Oil

Egyptian Buffalo and Farmers. Camel Rider. Egypt.American Orientalist.Watercolor
By Edwin Lord Weeks
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Edwin Lord Weeks. American ( b.1849 - d.1903 ). Egyptian Buffalo and Farmers. Egypt. Watercolor
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Mid-19th Century Romantic Antique African American Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

The Citadel, Cairo, The Great Mosque of Muhammad Ali Pasha. American Orientalist
By Edwin Lord Weeks
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Edwin Lord Weeks. American ( b.1849 - d.1903 ). In the Citadel, Cairo, before The Great Mosque of
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Mid-19th Century Romantic Antique African American Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Hoeing Cotton
By Thomas Hart Benton
Located in Palm Desert, CA
resulting efficiency to the sharecropper system allowing many African-Americans to leave the South as part
Category

Early 20th Century American Realist Antique African American Art

Materials

Oil

African Tribal Statue Osseyba or Reliquary Figure Kota Mohongwe Peoples Art
Located in Miami, FL
and ritual performances. This particular piece came from an American collector who traveled the
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Early 20th Century Gabonese Tribal Antique African American Art

Materials

Brass, Copper

Oil Study of Two Horses
By Frederic A. Bridgeman
Located in Fairlawn, OH
engraver with the American Bank Note Company. He began studying art in his spare time inthe Art Schools of
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1880s American Realist Antique African American Art

Materials

Oil

Colonel Bates Leads the 30th Colored Infantry at the Battle of the Crater
By Abbott Fuller Graves
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
the Battle of the Crater, at Petersburg, Virginia. The regiment was composed of African American
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Early 1900s American Realist Antique African American Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Rocky Inlet
By Karl Albert Buehr
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Institute was Archibald Motley, Jr. the famous African American "Harlem" Renaissance painters. Motley
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1910s American Impressionist Antique African American Art

Materials

Oil

Rocky Inlet
Rocky Inlet
H 11.13 in W 14.25 in
Ballota (Horehound); Marrubium (White Horehound) /// Botanical Botany Plants Art
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
in the genus, with more isolated locations in South Africa, Central Asia, northern Europe, and the
Category

1740s Naturalistic Antique African American Art

Materials

Watercolor, Engraving, Laid Paper, Intaglio

From the lost fresco with the allegory of Asia by Andrea Appiani, XIXth century
Located in Milan, IT
represent the different parts of the world: Europe, Asia, Africa and America. They are depicted as female
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Early 19th Century Other Art Style Antique African American Art

Materials

Oil

Jan & Caspar Commelin: 17th Century Botanical Engravings, 1st Edition
By Jan & Caspar Commelin
Located in Richmond, GB
Dutch colonies in the East and West Indies, America and South Africa. He commissioned botanical artists
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17th Century Antique African American Art

Materials

Silver

Jan & Caspar Commelin: 17th Century Botanical Engravings, 1st Edition
By Jan & Caspar Commelin
Located in Richmond, GB
Dutch colonies in the East and West Indies, America and South Africa. He commissioned botanical artists
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17th Century Antique African American Art

Materials

Silver

A Winter River Scene
By Gaston Balande
Located in St. Albans, GB
at the American School of Fine Art in Fontainebleau. He also undertook various commissions such as
Category

1920s Impressionist Antique African American Art

Materials

Oil

A Winter River Scene
A Winter River Scene
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H 29 in W 37 in D 3 in
'Soaring Steel' — 1920s Realism, Chicago Cityscape
By Samuel Chamberlain
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Museum of Modern Art, New York Public Library, University of
Category

1920s American Modern Antique African American Art

Materials

Drypoint

Lice
Located in Fairlawn, OH
careful study of these pictures, and from field observations and sketches, to many art media: etchings
Category

1920s American Realist Antique African American Art

Materials

Drypoint

Lice
Lice
H 6.88 in W 10.75 in
'Manhattan Old and New' —1920s Realism, Cityscape
By Samuel Chamberlain
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
-Atkins Museum of Art, New York Public Library, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Smithsonian American
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1920s American Modern Antique African American Art

Materials

Drypoint

Large University Chart “Physical Map of Africa” by Bacon
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Large university chart “Physical Map of Africa” by Bacon W&A K Johnston’s Charts of Physical
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Early 20th Century Folk Art Antique African American Art

Materials

Linen

After Pablo Picasso - The Basket
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
a myth. In the public view he has long since been the personification of genius in modern art
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1920s American Modern Antique African American Art

Materials

Lithograph

After Pablo Picasso - The Basket
After Pablo Picasso - The Basket
H 12.21 in W 16.15 in D 0.04 in
Man
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Missouri, MO
unique for distilling African American, Native American, and Mexican art in her work. She is "considered
Category

Late 19th Century American Modern Antique African American Art

Materials

Linocut, Woodcut

Six Kobe Toys, Japanese, Meiji Period, circa 1900
By Kobe Toys
Located in Incline Village, NV
rendition of an African American based on these interactions, conversations, and sketches. These toys are
Category

Early 1900s Japanese Folk Art Antique African American Art

Materials

Ebony

Hamburg-American Cruise Line Illustration Watercolor
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Garnerville, NY
most likely a port in North Africa. These sumptuous works of art were used, through poster form, to
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Antique African American Art

Materials

Paint

"Artist Model’s”
By Julio de Diego
Located in Southampton, NY
theatres. After service in the Spanish army, including six months fighting in North Africa, De Diego
Category

1870s American Modern Antique African American Art

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper, Graphite

"Colossi of Memnon, Egypt" Rare Orientalist Landscape Painting by F.A. Bridgman
By Frederick Arthur Bridgman
Located in New York, NY
(American, 1847-1928) A wonderful oil on canvas painting by American orientalist painter Frederick Arthur
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19th Century Antique African American Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

“The Maitre d’”
Located in Southampton, NY
new African mahogany frame. Overall measurements are 25.5 by 17.5 inches. Oil paint on original
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1910s Ashcan School Antique African American Art

Materials

Oil, Fiberboard

“The Maitre d’”
“The Maitre d’”
H 24 in W 16 in D 0.25 in
"The Kiosk of Trajan", A Rare Orientalist Landscape Painting by F.A. Bridgman
By Frederick Arthur Bridgman
Located in New York, NY
"The Kiosk of Trajan", A Rare Orientalist Landscape Painting by Frederick Arthur Bridgman (American
Category

19th Century Antique African American Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Arab Scouts, " Adolph Schreyer, Middle Eastern Orientalist Scene with Horses
By Adolf Schreyer
Located in New York, NY
Housed in an exceptional period American handcarved frame Provenance: Sheridan Art Gallery, Chicago
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Mid-19th Century Antique African American Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Caravansary at Shiraz" Antique orientalist Black & White Oil Painting on Board
Located in Jacksonville, FL
paintings include: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C., USA: The Smithsonian American Art
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19th Century Academic Antique African American Art

Materials

Board, Oil

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