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Haitian Naive Oil Drum Metal Wall Mounted Sculpture Haiti 1960s
Located in Miami, FL
of steel drum sculpture. Primarily produced in the town of Croix-des- Bouquets using recycled oil
Category
1960s Haitian Folk Art Used Oil Drums
Materials
Cut Steel
$708 Sale Price
20% Off
Christo, Texas Mastra Project for 500, 000 Stacked Oil Drums, Signed Lithograph
By Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Located in St. Louis, MO
Christo (1935-2020) Bulgarian. The TEXAS MASTABA, PROJECT FOR 500,000 STACKED OIL DRUMS (S. 85
Category
1970s American Modern Used Oil Drums
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
Wild Kong Oil
By Richard Orlinski
Located in Porto, 13
WILD KONG OIL Smarter than man, Wild Kong throws an oil drum. The gigantic gorilla from Skull
Category
2010s Pop Art Used Oil Drums
Materials
Resin
Seresier Louise-Juste Haitian Steel Sculpture C. 1970's
Located in Vancouver, BC
Recycled steel oil drum in folk art style. Meaning, Seresier would find oil drums that would have
Category
1970s Haitian Folk Art Used Oil Drums
Materials
Cut Steel
Sumo + Barril
By Richard Orlinski
Located in Porto, 13
Japan. He throws an oil drum countering spiritual power and industrial power to ask us to cultivate one
Category
2010s Contemporary Used Oil Drums
Materials
Resin
'Bossou (Horned Bull)' original steel drum relief with Voudou Lwa figures
Located in Milwaukee, WI
. Brutus is best known for hammered repoussé metal works like this, fashioned from recycled steel oil drums
Category
1990s Contemporary Used Oil Drums
Materials
Metal, Steel
Christo & Jeanne-Claude, Texas Mastaba. America: The Third Century, 1975
By Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Located in Argelato, BO
Mastaba" project envisioned the construction of a mastaba made of 500,000 oil drums. A mastaba is a type
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Used Oil Drums
Materials
Wood, Paper
Large Masterwork Haitian Folk Art Steel Drum Metal Work Sculpture Murat Brierre
By Murat Brierre
Located in Surfside, FL
away in 1988 at the age of 50. Brierre was known for his recycling of surplus steel oil drum lids
Category
Mid-20th Century Outsider Art Used Oil Drums
Materials
Iron
"Yellow Stag" Steel Sculpture by Gordon Chandler
By Gordon Chandler
Located in Chicago, IL
of a male deer head in a sheet of found steel. Cut from an industrial oil drum, the steel is finished
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Used Oil Drums
Materials
Steel
Untitled (SD//P125) : mixed media work of art
Located in New York, NY
Mixed media work of art by artist Sydney Drum
Category
2010s Contemporary Used Oil Drums
Materials
Linen, Mixed Media, Oil
Untitled (SD//P130) : mixed media work of art
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary mixed media work of art by artist Syndey Drum.
Category
2010s Contemporary Used Oil Drums
Materials
Linen, Mixed Media, Oil
Yoruba House Post - Ex-Christie's
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
-Ekiti who purveyed motor oil to travelers on the side, the post was beside an oil drum and represented a
Category
Mid-20th Century Nigerian Used Oil Drums
Materials
Wood
Christo, 'Project for the Gates VIII', Lithograph, 2003
By Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
appropriated everyday objects such as bottles, cans, furniture, and oil drums wrapped in canvas, bundled in
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Used Oil Drums
Materials
Offset
Christo, 'The Gates Collage', Lithograph, 1990
By Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
appropriated everyday objects such as bottles, cans, furniture, and oil drums wrapped in canvas, bundled in
Category
1990s Contemporary Used Oil Drums
Materials
Offset
Christo, 'Wrapped Trees Vertical', Lithograph, 1998
By Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
appropriated everyday objects such as bottles, cans, furniture, and oil drums wrapped in canvas, bundled in
Category
1990s Contemporary Used Oil Drums
Materials
Offset
Christo, 'Wrapped Paris Review', 1982
By Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
appropriated everyday objects such as bottles, cans, furniture, and oil drums wrapped in canvas, bundled in
Category
1980s Contemporary Used Oil Drums
Materials
Offset
"Untitled (Scrap Metal 4415), " Lucien Smith Anti-War Sculpture
By Lucien Smith
Located in New York, NY
, oil drums, automobile parts, and even a full-length truck, the metal objects have all been fired on by
Category
2010s Used Oil Drums
Materials
Steel
Vintage 16 Gallon Pegasus Mobil Oil/Grease Drum Barrel
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, a vintage 16 Gallon Pegasus MOBIL Oil/Grease Drum Barrel.
Vintage
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Used Oil Drums
Materials
Metal
"Drum and Flute Player"
Located in Astoria, NY
Charles Blum (New York, 1925-1998), "Drum and Flute Player", Oil on Masonite, 1957-63, poem to
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Used Oil Drums
Materials
Masonite, Oil
$950 Sale Price
26% Off
Drumming Soul - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Music, Men, Africa Drum
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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My people enjoy playing the 'gángan' drum. It's a way they talk to each other, and everyone dances
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Used Oil Drums
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Pair of Mastercraft Oil Drop Lacquer Drum End / Side Tables
By Mastercraft
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of American mid-century drum-form end / side tables with four oil drop lacquer panels around
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Used Oil Drums
Materials
Metal
Conjuring Spirits (Jungle Drums)
By Thomas Hart Benton
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Dynamic jungle drummer scene by unknown NYC American artist. Oil on canvas measuring 20 x 26 inches
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Used Oil Drums
Materials
Oil
$975 Sale Price
35% Off
Church, Constructs Elevation and Drum
By KOKO HOVAGUIMIAN
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
"Constructs: Church Elevation and Drum"
The artwork size without framed 11x14 inches.
Koko's oil
Category
2010s American Impressionist Used Oil Drums
Materials
Oil
Striding Drum Major, Magazine Cover
By Edgar Franklin Wittmack
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed and Dated Lower Right
Cover of American Boy Weekly Magazine
Category
1920s Other Art Style Used Oil Drums
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Native American Girl Playing with Rattle Drum
By Jove Wang
Located in Pasadena, CA
rattle drums in powwows, ceremonies, and rituals. These instruments have become symbols of music, dance
Category
2010s Impressionist Used Oil Drums
Materials
Oil, Panel
Woman with Scarf - Christo 1955 Oil on Cardboard
Located in Sofia, BG
, furniture, and oil drums wrapped in canvas, bundled in twine, and occasionally overlaid with automobile
Category
1950s Contemporary Used Oil Drums
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Devil Emerges from Surrealist Voodoo Drum - Sans titre (Diable)
Located in Miami, FL
An image of a horned devil with pointy claws and bat-like wings emerges from a Voodoo drum. He has
Category
1970s Surrealist Used Oil Drums
Materials
Masonite, Oil
19th Century Romantic Genre Painting "First Lesson on Drum" by H. Rivers
Located in Shippensburg, PA
H. RIVERS
American School, 19th century
The First Lesson on the Drum
Oil on Canvas Signed lower
Category
19th Century Romantic Used Oil Drums
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood, Paint
Art Card: Wrapped Portrait of Jeanne-Claude, 1963 (Hand Signed by Christo)
By Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Located in New York, NY
appropriated everyday objects such as bottles, cans, furniture, and oil drums wrapped in canvas, bundled in
Category
1960s Pop Art Used Oil Drums
Materials
Postcard
Art Card: Marilyn Monroe (Revues Empaquetees), 1962, (Hand Signed by Christo)
By Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Located in New York, NY
objects such as bottles, cans, furniture, and oil drums wrapped in canvas, bundled in twine, and
Category
1990s Pop Art Used Oil Drums
Materials
Postcard
Signed and numbered lithograph for highway across America #115/150, Schelmann 51
By Christo
Located in New York, NY
appropriated everyday objects such as bottles, cans, furniture, and oil drums wrapped in canvas, bundled in
Category
1970s Land Used Oil Drums
Materials
Pencil, Lithograph, Offset
Art Card: Reichstag at Night, Hand Signed by Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Framed
By Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Located in New York, NY
objects such as bottles, cans, furniture, and oil drums wrapped in canvas, bundled in twine, and
Category
1990s Pop Art Used Oil Drums
Materials
Postcard
Art Card: Reichstag Aerial View, Hand Signed by Christo and Jeanne-Claude Framed
By Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Located in New York, NY
objects such as bottles, cans, furniture, and oil drums wrapped in canvas, bundled in twine, and
Category
1990s Contemporary Used Oil Drums
Materials
Postcard
Art Card: Christo and Jeanne-Claude on the Reichstag Roof (Hand Signed), Framed
By Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Located in New York, NY
objects such as bottles, cans, furniture, and oil drums wrapped in canvas, bundled in twine, and
Category
1990s Contemporary Used Oil Drums
Materials
Postcard
Christo, Wrapped Paris Review lithograph, Deluxe hand signed ed. 244/250 Framed
By Christo
Located in New York, NY
everyday objects such as bottles, cans, furniture, and oil drums wrapped in canvas, bundled in twine, and
Category
1980s Pop Art Used Oil Drums
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Project for documenta IV, Gelatin Silver Print, Signed to Roy Lichtenstein's ex
By Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Located in New York, NY
bottles, cans, furniture, and oil drums wrapped in canvas, bundled in twine, and occasionally overlaid
Category
1960s Pop Art Used Oil Drums
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Vintage Folk Art Doll / Oil Can with Articulating Arms
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage Folk Art doll with tin drum body (oil can) and articulating arms, circa 1950s. The piece is
Category
Early 20th Century American Primitive Used Oil Drums
Materials
Tin
$950 Sale Price
24% Off
1970s Vintage Garage Workshop Car Shop Vessel Colorful Gifts Man Cave Oil Barrel
By Underwriters Laboratories, Eagle Tool and Metal Mfg.
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Squat colorful steel oil/chemical drum, clean inside, and recently procured from auto collectors
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Used Oil Drums
Materials
Steel
The Wrapped (MCA) Chicago 1969, Lt Ed of 200 w/gold stamp Hand Signed by Christo
By Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Located in New York, NY
as bottles, cans, furniture, and oil drums wrapped in canvas, bundled in twine, and occasionally
Category
1960s Pop Art Used Oil Drums
Materials
Foil
Art Card: The Umbrellas Japan-USA Hand Signed by Christo & Jeanne-Claude, Framed
By Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Located in New York, NY
, dating from 1958, consist of appropriated everyday objects such as bottles, cans, furniture, and oil
Category
1990s Pop Art Used Oil Drums
Materials
Postcard
Art Card: Surrounded Islands (Hand Signed by Christo and Jeanne-Claude), Framed
By Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Located in New York, NY
, furniture, and oil drums wrapped in canvas, bundled in twine, and occasionally overlaid with automobile
Category
1980s Pop Art Used Oil Drums
Materials
Postcard
haitian oil drum cutout wallhanging
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
unique hand made haitian cutout wall piece
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic Used Oil Drums
Materials
Steel
haitian oil drum cutout wallhanging
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
originalhand cut wall sculpture haiti
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Used Oil Drums
Materials
Stainless Steel
Eclipse Table
By Emmett Moore
Located in Miami, FL
Oil drum, glass, brass, steel, rubber, lightbulb
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Used Oil Drums
Materials
Brass, Steel
Little Brother Drums
By Beth Parker
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Little Brother Drums, 2008
oil on canvas
10 x 8 "
Beth Parker creates tender and intimate
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Used Oil Drums
Materials
Oil
Ask the Sticks ( subject matter: music, Drums, drumming. drummers)
By FPA Francis Pavy Artist
Located in Lafayette, LA
this 2016 painting depicts Muti-colored imagery of drums drumming and drummers. this is an unframed
Category
2010s Modern Used Oil Drums
Materials
Oil
John Hoppner 18th C. English Portrait Oil Painting "Girl with Drum"
By Sir John Hoppner
Located in Gallatin, TN
18th Century English Folk Art Portrait "Girl with Drum" attributed to the great English portrait
Category
18th Century Used Oil Drums
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1939 RPM Motor Oil Tin Sign with Disney's Mickey Mouse
By Standard Oil Company, Walt Disney
Located in Orange, CA
were used on 55 gallon drums. Impossible. Oil is a very dense liquid. Tin would not hold up that
Category
1940s American Used Oil Drums
Materials
Tin
Layers of skin, drum head
By Bernard Chadwick
Located in Culver City, CA
Bernard Chadwick is an artist and musician living and working in Los Angeles, California. He received his MFA from Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California, in 2010, where ...
Category
2010s Abstract Used Oil Drums
Materials
Canvas, Glass, Oil
The Drum, The Tree & The Owl
By Jacques Enguerrand Gourgue
Located in Haverstraw, NY
This tiny vintage piece is a collector's item, a must-have painted by Jacques-Enguerrand Gourgue, one of Haiti’s most renowned painters of the 20th century!
"Gourgue's determination...
Category
1970s Folk Art Used Oil Drums
Materials
Masonite, Oil, Board
The Lady & The Drum #2-2-95MFN
By Emmanuel Dostaly
Located in Haverstraw, NY
The Lady & The Drum #2-2-95MFN , 1979
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Used Oil Drums
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Acqua Alta Figure 9
Located in Montreal, CA
habitats. In this vein, Willy Verginer juxtaposes oil drums, wild animals and clear-cut forests in his
Category
2010s Used Oil Drums
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
Goodyear Tire
Located in Montreal, CA
habitats. In this vein, Willy Verginer juxtaposes oil drums, wild animals and clear-cut forests in his
Category
2010s Used Oil Drums
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
La Testa Nel Oro
Located in Montreal, CA
habitats. In this vein, Willy Verginer juxtaposes oil drums, wild animals and clear-cut forests in his
Category
2010s Used Oil Drums
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
Five Past Twelve
Located in Montreal, CA
habitats. In this vein, Willy Verginer juxtaposes oil drums, wild animals and clear-cut forests in his
Category
2010s Used Oil Drums
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
Dentro II Riflesso
Located in Montreal, CA
habitats. In this vein, Willy Verginer juxtaposes oil drums, wild animals and clear-cut forests in his
Category
2010s Used Oil Drums
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
Between Idyllic & Reality
Located in Montreal, CA
habitats. In this vein, Willy Verginer juxtaposes oil drums, wild animals and clear-cut forests in his
Category
2010s Used Oil Drums
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
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Find a variety of used oil drums available on 1stDibs. There are many Contemporary, Abstract and Modern versions of these works for sale. These items have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. You can search the used oil drums that we have for sale on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of brown, black, gray and blue. Heather Barron, Bernard Harmon, Bernard Chadwick, Christo and Jeanne-Claude and Emmanuel Dostaly took a thoughtful approach to this subject that are worth considering. Frequently made by artists working in oil paint, paint and canvas, all of these available pieces are unique and have attracted attention over the years.
How Much are Used Oil Drums?
Prices for pieces in our collection of used oil drums start at $250 and top out at $420,000 with the average selling for $2,478.
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