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Original Vintage WWII George Washington Carver Victory Bond Poster by Kautz 1945
Located in Boca Raton, FL
occurred in the midst of Jim Crow laws, so the fact that this poster features George Washington Carver, an
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1940s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

R.M. Schindler Church (rear)
By Sam Durant
Located in New York, NY
cross Los Angeles economic and racial boundaries in the era of Jim Crow housing covenants". R.M
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Early 2000s Color Photography

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C Print, Photographic Paper, Color

"Doris and Henry (and her brothers)" Polaroid lift from the collective archive
By Shawn Theodore
Located in Philadelphia, PA
identity during the post-Jim Crow era. Shawn Theodore's photographic practice has always been rooted in
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

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Paper, Found Objects, Wood Panel, Polaroid

“40 Acres and a Mule” Satirical Folk Art Painting, American School, 19th C.
Located in Atlanta, GA
in the Reconstruction and Jim Crow eras. The central figure—a Black man in rustic attire, riding
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Antique 19th Century American Folk Art Paintings

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Canvas, Giltwood, Paint

Antique Map of The United States of North America, 1882
Located in Langweer, NL
Jim Crow era of racial segregation laws. 8. **Economic Disparity**: Although this period was marked
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Antique 1880s Maps

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Paper

Antique Map of The United States of North America, 1882
Antique Map of The United States of North America, 1882
$239 Sale Price
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H 14.97 in W 22.45 in D 0 in
The Evidence of Things Seen
By Chris Barnard
Located in New Orleans, LA
; The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, by Michelle Alexander; and White
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Panel

C'mon, son!
By Chris Barnard
Located in New Orleans, LA
Troubled History of America’s Universities by Craig Steven Wilder; The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Panel

C'mon, son!
$2,500
H 24 in W 20 in
Kicking and Screaming
By Chris Barnard
Located in New Orleans, LA
; The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, by Michelle Alexander; and White
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Panel

Blue Blood
By Chris Barnard
Located in New Orleans, LA
Wilder; The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, by Michelle Alexander; and
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Panel

Blue Blood
$3,500
H 36 in W 28 in
Birthmark
By Kat Flyn
Located in New Orleans, LA
The life simulated here is of a young mixed race woman facing life in a Jim Crow era - an era where
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Birthmark
Birthmark
$1,300
H 13 in W 13 in D 4 in
The House of Shango — African American artist
By Samella Lewis
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
American art.” Born and raised in Jim Crow era New Orleans, Lewis began her art education at Dillard
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1990s Realist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Recent Sales

Figure of a Violin Player
Located in Litchfield, CT
Violin Player closely relates to the carving of Jim Crow attributed to Dodge now in the collection of The
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Antique 19th Century American Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings

Figure of a Violin Player
Figure of a Violin Player
H 38 in W 12 in D 12.63 in
Coming in From the Background
By Thornton Dial, Sr.
Located in Atlanta, GA
Thornton Dial, one of the most sanctioned African American Artists from the Jim Crow South, has
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1990s Post-Modern Mixed Media

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Metal

Let Freedom Ring
By Johnnie Lee Gray
Located in Charleston, SC
War II would translate into victory against Jim Crow. The collection of available works artist
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21st Century and Contemporary More Art

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Acrylic, Board

Running Negro
By Thornton Dial, Sr.
Located in Atlanta, GA
faced growing up in the Jim Crow South. With the violence and inequality African Americans were facing
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1990s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Concrete

Matinee at the Ritz
By Johnnie Lee Gray
Located in Charleston, SC
. The PBS television series, The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow aired nationally in the fall of 2002
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1990s More Art

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Acrylic, Board

Blue and Gray
By Johnnie Lee Gray
Located in Charleston, SC
. The PBS television series, The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow aired nationally in the fall of 2002
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21st Century and Contemporary More Art

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Acrylic

Blue and Gray
H 23.25 in W 40.25 in
Cloud of Witnesses
By Johnnie Lee Gray
Located in Charleston, SC
. The PBS television series, The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow aired nationally in the fall of 2002
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21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Ink, Board

Untitled, ca.1939 Important Racial Painting by 1930s Radical American Surrealist
By Walter Quirt
Located in Seattle, WA
familiar cry for racial justice, before miscegenation laws were repealed, when Jim Crow segregation and
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1930s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

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Oil

KKK Lynching – African-American Artist
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Americans by the whites who sought to enforce racist Jim Crow laws. The Ku Klux Klan, a secret vigilante
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1930s Realist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

How to Spot Talent
By Kim Rice
Located in New Orleans, LA
that decided who was white, Jim Crow Laws, and Redlining and policing… America was built to benefit
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

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Magazine Paper

Captain America
By Kim Rice
Located in New Orleans, LA
who was white, Jim Crow Laws, and Redlining… America was built to benefit white people (even as those
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

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Magazine Paper

Lucky
By Kim Rice
Located in New Orleans, LA
who was white, Jim Crow Laws, and Redlining… America was built to benefit white people (even as those
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

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Magazine Paper

Lucky
H 19 in W 16 in
Bayard Rustin (Portrait Painting of LGBTQ Icon with Gold Leaf & Wood Frame)
By Carl Grauer
Located in Hudson, NY
protests against Jim Crow laws, Rustin played a leading role in marches, protests and other instances of
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Factory Scene WPA Mid 20th Century American Realism Cubist Industrial Modernism
By Beni E. Kosh
Located in New York, NY
. These descendants of former slaves and freemen left the Jim Crow South in search of economic opportunity
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1950s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Board

Secondary Education
By Kat Flyn
Located in New Orleans, LA
, because of Jim Crow laws, state-funded schools were forbidden to Blacks. Nevertheless, rural Black
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

First Lessons
By Kat Flyn
Located in New Orleans, LA
Jim Crow, Antique tintype of African American young man "The stereotype of the Black shoeshine “boy
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

First Lessons
First Lessons
H 13 in W 12 in D 10 in
Acquitted
By Chris Barnard
Located in New Orleans, LA
Troubled History of America’s Universities by Craig Steven Wilder; The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Panel

Bleachers
By Kat Flyn
Located in New Orleans, LA
imagery symbolizes a racist aspect of American Culture. A time in the history of Jim Crow laws when Blacks
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Bleachers
Bleachers
H 18 in W 13 in D 11 in
SIGNED Christopher WOOL monograph 1998 (Christopher Wool MoCa Los Angeles)
By Christopher Wool
Located in NEW YORK, NY
works-mostly in varous settings; with essays from Goldstein, Thomas Crow, Madeleine Grynsztejn, Jim
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

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Paper

"Takin' A Chance On Luv" Pigment Print, African American Feminist Art
By Betye Saar
Located in Surfside, FL
other stereotyped African-American figures from folk culture and advertising of the Jim Crow era. She
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Pigment

Houseboy
By Victor Olson
Located in Minneapolis, MN
was originally written as a Jim Crow title in the late 40s and was reissued in 1953 as a paperback
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1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Illustration Board

Houseboy
Houseboy
H 27.5 in W 21.5 in
All Me
By Winfred Rembert
Located in New York, NY
explore the lives of African Americans in Jim Crow-era Georgia. After taking part in civil rights
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2010s Outsider Art Figurative Prints

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Color

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Jim Crow For Sale on 1stDibs

On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate jim crow for your needs in our varied inventory. You can easily find an example made in the modern style, while we also have 1 modern versions to choose from as well. You’re likely to find the perfect jim crow among the distinctive items we have available, which includes versions made as long ago as the 20th Century as well as those made as recently as the 21st Century. On 1stDibs, the right jim crow is waiting for you and the choices span a range of colors that includes gray, brown, black and purple. Creating a jim crow has been a part of the legacy of many artists, but those crafted by Chris Barnard, Johnnie Lee Gray, Kat Flyn, Sam Durant and Martin Grelle are consistently popular. These artworks were handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in paint, acrylic paint and oil paint.

How Much is a Jim Crow?

The average selling price for a jim crow we offer is $5,850, while they’re typically $1,125 on the low end and $175,000 for the highest priced.