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R.M. Schindler Church (rear)
R.M. Schindler Church (rear)

R.M. Schindler Church (rear)

By Sam Durant

Located in New York, NY

Located in the Central-Alameda district of Los Angeles on the corner of Compton Avenue and 49th Street, it is the only example of a church designed by Schindler, and "the lone exampl...

Category

Early 2000s Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color

"Doris and Henry (and her brothers)" Polaroid lift from the collective archive
"Doris and Henry (and her brothers)" Polaroid lift from the collective archive

"Doris and Henry (and her brothers)" Polaroid lift from the collective archive

By Shawn Theodore

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Concurrently in history, Black people were increasingly taking control of their narratives, decolonizing the lens behind the camera to craft a collective identity during the post-Jim...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Found Objects, Wood Panel, Polaroid

“40 Acres and a Mule” Satirical Folk Art Painting, American School,  19th C.
“40 Acres and a Mule” Satirical Folk Art Painting, American School,  19th C.

“40 Acres and a Mule” Satirical Folk Art Painting, American School, 19th C.

Located in Atlanta, GA

Likely executed in the Southern United States during the late 19th century, this unsigned work emerges from a broader vernacular tradition that satirized rural life and, more pointed...

Category

Antique 19th Century American Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Giltwood, Paint

Antique Map of The United States of North America, 1882
Antique Map of The United States of North America, 1882

Antique Map of The United States of North America, 1882

Located in Langweer, NL

The Reconstruction era was coming to an end, with federal troops withdrawing from the South and the beginning of the Jim Crow era of racial segregation laws. 8. **Economic Disparity...

Category

Antique 1880s British Maps

Materials

Paper

The Evidence of Things Seen

The Evidence of Things Seen

By Chris Barnard

Located in New Orleans, LA

These questions and this body of work owe much to the work of others, and most acutely to four scholars’ books in particular: The History of White People, by Nell Irvin Painter; Ebon...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Panel

C'mon, son!

Chris BarnardC'mon, son!, 2017

$2,500

H 24 in W 20 in

C'mon, son!

By Chris Barnard

Located in New Orleans, LA

These questions and this body of work owe much to the work of others, and most acutely to four scholars’ books in particular: The History of White People, by Nell Irvin Painter; Ebon...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Panel

Kicking and Screaming

Kicking and Screaming

By Chris Barnard

Located in New Orleans, LA

These questions and this body of work owe much to the work of others, and most acutely to four scholars’ books in particular: The History of White People, by Nell Irvin Painter; Ebon...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Panel

Blue Blood

Chris BarnardBlue Blood, 2017

$3,500

H 36 in W 28 in

Blue Blood

By Chris Barnard

Located in New Orleans, LA

These questions and this body of work owe much to the work of others, and most acutely to four scholars’ books in particular: The History of White People, by Nell Irvin Painter; Ebon...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Panel

Birthmark
Birthmark

Kat FlynBirthmark, 2016

$1,300

H 13 in W 13 in D 4 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 one drop of African American blood consigned a person to a second- class existence...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

"Fragment" by Jean Edelstein, 1972
"Fragment" by Jean Edelstein, 1972

"Fragment" by Jean Edelstein, 1972

$3,000

H 18 in W 22 in D 0.5 in

"Fragment" by Jean Edelstein, 1972

Located in Los Angeles, CA

While in Kentucky, she led political progressive movements, protesting against Jim Crow laws and working to get Henry A. Wallace on the presidential ballot.

Category

Vintage 1970s American Modern Paintings

Materials

Paint, Glass, Wood, Paper

The House of Shango — African American artist
The House of Shango — African American artist

The House of Shango — African American artist

By Samella Lewis

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

—Laura Woods, Scripps College, Ruth Chander Williamson Gallery, Collection Highlights, 2018 ABOUT THE ARTIST Samella Lewis’ lifelong career as an artist, art historian, critic, cura...

Category

1990s Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

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Figure of a Violin Player
Figure of a Violin Player

Figure of a Violin Player

Unavailable

H 38 in W 12 in D 12.63 in

Figure of a Violin Player

Located in Litchfield, CT

The Violin Player closely relates to the carving of Jim Crow attributed to Dodge now in the collection of The Shelburne Museum.

Category

Antique 19th Century American Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings

Coming in From the Background

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 developed a signature approach to art making and his own visual language.

Category

1990s Post-Modern Mixed Media

Materials

Metal

Let Freedom Ring

Johnnie Lee GrayLet Freedom Ring

Unavailable

H 24 in W 30 in

Let Freedom Ring

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 & prominently featured Grays work.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary More Art

Materials

Acrylic, Board

Running Negro
Running Negro

Thornton Dial, Sr.Running Negro, 1992

Unavailable

H 48.5 in W 60 in

Running Negro

By Thornton Dial, Sr.

Located in Atlanta, GA

Dial faced growing up in the Jim Crow South. With the violence and inequality African Americans were facing after the abolition of slavery, many were constantly on the run.

Category

1990s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Concrete

Matinee at the Ritz

Johnnie Lee GrayMatinee at the Ritz, 1992

Unavailable

H 24.5 in W 47.5 in

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 & prominently featured Grays work.

Category

1990s More Art

Materials

Acrylic, Board

Blue and Gray

Johnnie Lee GrayBlue and Gray

Unavailable

H 23.25 in W 40.25 in

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 & prominently featured Grays work.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary More Art

Materials

Acrylic

Cloud of Witnesses

Johnnie Lee GrayCloud of Witnesses

Unavailable

H 24 in W 48 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 & prominently featured Grays work.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Ink, Board

Untitled, ca.1939 Important Racial Painting by 1930s Radical American Surrealist
Untitled, ca.1939 Important Racial Painting by 1930s Radical American Surrealist

Untitled, ca.1939 Important Racial Painting by 1930s Radical American Surrealist

By Walter Quirt

Located in Seattle, WA

THE RADICAL PAINTER Decades before Black artists were exhibited in today's reform-minded American galleries and museums, before the term "civil rights" was a familiar cry for racial ...

Category

1930s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

KKK Lynching – African-American Artist
KKK Lynching – African-American Artist

KKK Lynching – African-American Artist

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

When Hill created this work, the widespread poverty caused by the Great Depression had deepened resentment for African Americans by the whites who sought to enforce racist Jim Crow l...

Category

1930s Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

How to Spot Talent

How to Spot Talent

By Kim Rice

Located in New Orleans, LA

Stolen land, the Virginia Slave Codes, the Naturalization Act, Supreme Court cases that decided who was white, Jim Crow Laws, and Redlining and policing… America was built to benefit...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Magazine Paper

Captain America

Captain America

By Kim Rice

Located in New Orleans, LA

Stolen land, the Virginia Slave Codes, the Naturalization Act, Supreme Court cases that decided who was white, Jim Crow Laws, and Redlining… America was built to benefit white people...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Magazine Paper

Lucky

Kim RiceLucky, 2014

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H 19 in W 16 in

Lucky

By Kim Rice

Located in New Orleans, LA

Stolen land, the Virginia Slave Codes, the Naturalization Act, Supreme Court cases that decided who was white, Jim Crow Laws, and Redlining… America was built to benefit white people...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Magazine Paper

Bayard Rustin (Portrait Painting of LGBTQ Icon with Gold Leaf & Wood Frame)
Bayard Rustin (Portrait Painting of LGBTQ Icon with Gold Leaf & Wood Frame)

Bayard Rustin (Portrait Painting of LGBTQ Icon with Gold Leaf & Wood Frame)

By Carl Grauer

Located in Hudson, NY

Beginning in his youth with protests against Jim Crow laws, Rustin played a leading role in marches, protests and other instances of non-violent resistance that were used during the ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

First Lessons
First Lessons

Kat FlynFirst Lessons, 2020

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H 13 in W 12 in D 10 in

First Lessons

By Kat Flyn

Located in New Orleans, LA

assemblage sculpture: Antique homemade shoeshine box, antique brush with hand-carved initials, small hand brush, handmade & painted "10 cents shine" Sign made into a billboard, Antiq...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Secondary Education
Secondary Education

Kat FlynSecondary Education, 2020

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H 18 in W 9 in D 6 in

Secondary Education

By Kat Flyn

Located in New Orleans, LA

After the Civil War, in theory, this was no longer the case. However, because of Jim Crow laws, state-funded schools were forbidden to Blacks.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Acquitted

Chris BarnardAcquitted, 2017

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H 80 in W 66 in

Acquitted

By Chris Barnard

Located in New Orleans, LA

These questions and this body of work owe much to the work of others, and most acutely to four scholars’ books in particular: The History of White People, by Nell Irvin Painter; Ebon...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Panel

Bleachers
Bleachers

Kat FlynBleachers, 2017

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H 18 in W 13 in D 11 in

Bleachers

By Kat Flyn

Located in New Orleans, LA

A time in the history of Jim Crow laws when Blacks were segregated at water fountains, public bathrooms, schools and, as shown here, even at baseball games, where they were roped off...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

SIGNED Christopher WOOL monograph 1998 (Christopher Wool MoCa Los Angeles)
SIGNED Christopher WOOL monograph 1998 (Christopher Wool MoCa Los Angeles)

SIGNED Christopher WOOL monograph 1998 (Christopher Wool MoCa Los Angeles)

By Christopher Wool

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Comprehensively illustrated with 180+ black & white images of Wool's works-mostly in varous settings; with essays from Goldstein, Thomas Crow, Madeleine Grynsztejn, Jim Lewis & Gary ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

Materials

Paper

"Takin' A Chance On Luv" Pigment Print, African American Feminist Art
"Takin' A Chance On Luv" Pigment Print, African American Feminist Art

"Takin' A Chance On Luv" Pigment Print, African American Feminist Art

By Betye Saar

Located in Surfside, FL

In the 1960s, Saar began collecting images of Aunt Jemima, Uncle Tom, Little Black Sambo, and other stereotyped African-American figures from folk culture and advertising of the Jim ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Pigment

Houseboy
Houseboy

Victor OlsonHouseboy, 1953

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H 27.5 in W 21.5 in

Houseboy

By Victor Olson

Located in Minneapolis, MN

This oil on illustration board Pyramid Books paperback cover painting was created by by Victor Olson for a 1953 edition of Houseboy by Edison Marshall written under the nom de plum W...

Category

1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Illustration Board

All Me
All Me

Winfred RembertAll Me, 2014

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H 16 in W 20 in

All Me

By Winfred Rembert

Located in New York, NY

A self-taught artist, Winfred Rembert records a painful chapter of American history in autobiographical paintings, created on hand-tooled and dyed leather, which explore the lives of...

Category

2010s Outsider Art Figurative Prints

Materials

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.