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Wooden Octagonal Tramp or Folk Art Basket, 20th Century
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
An octagonal decorative wooden tramp art basket. Created from popsicle sticks, this basket is lightweight, perfect for holding remotes or other odds and en...
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Materials
Wood
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Framed Nude Portrait Painting of a Man in Gilt Wood on Board Untitled
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A framed portrait painting of a man in the nude on wood. With wonderful texture, and muted greens, beiges, and browns, this painting will be a...
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20th Century American Expressionist Unknown Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wire
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Paul Walker - Outsider Art Checkerboard
Located in Savannah, GA
Paul Edward Walker
(American, b.1949)
Checkerboard
oil on board
signed “Art by Paul Walker”, “Nov. 97, Savannah, GA”
26 by 20 inches; ¾ inches deep
Paul Walker is a Savannah, G...
Category
1990s American Folk Art Unknown Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Authentic Clair Seglem Tall Portrait Painting of a Woman on Blue
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A tall portrait painting of a woman with a flower in her hair. This piece was painted by the late Oklahoma artist Clair Seglem and is well known for his ...
Category
20th Century American Bohemian Unknown Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Paint, Paper
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
Outsider Art Kabuto Helmet Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Wildly inventive outsider art sculpture. This Kabuto (Samurai helmet) is constructed from a motorcycle helmet, kitchen utensils (including silverware and mixing attachments), bike pa...
Category
20th Century Dutch Folk Art Unknown Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Metal, Copper, Lead
Sea Shell Encrusted Folk Art Photo Frame - 4" x 6"
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A rectangular sea shell-encrusted photo frame with protective glass and a black easel at the back. Perfect for a side table or nightstand.
Dimensions:
The overall size of the frame...
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Unknown Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Shell, Glass
$200 Sale Price
20% Off
Hot Pink Portrait Painting of a Woman, 1970s
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A hot pink portrait painting of a woman by Clair Seglem. Found in the late artist’s studio, this piece is thought to have been painted by Seglem in the 1970s. The subject of the painting is a woman wearing a large floppy oversize hat...
Category
1970s American Bohemian Vintage Unknown Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
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$600 Sale Price
20% Off
Tatra Truck Model from 1980s
Located in Vienna, Austria
Tatra truck model, large dimensioned in steel.
The truck is made by a person, who worked his adult life for the company Tatra.
In his retirement he build of all the Tatra trucks a...
Category
1980s Slovak Modern Vintage Unknown Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Metal
$1,048 Sale Price
37% Off
Gouache Contemporary Portrait Painting of a Woman Helen Wagner Malta 1930s
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
An early contemporary still-life Gouache portrait painting of a woman. On paper, this piece depicts a seated woman reclining in a pigmented blue chair. Her hair is short and dark and she wears a red dress. This sketch was created by Helen Wagner Malta and is signed at the bottom right in black ink "Helen Wagner" before her marriage. Her later works are signed "Helen Wagner Malta".
Helen Wagner Malta was born in 1912 and worked in New York City in the 1930s teaching at the Harlem Art...
Category
1930s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Unknown Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Paint, Paper
$440 Sale Price
20% Off
Bright Bold Postmodern Cubist Abstract Portrait Painting, Signed
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A fabulous piece for the Postmodern art lover. This piece features cubist lines, bright bold colors and wonderful texture. It depicts a portrait of a figure, and is titled “Japanese Hair Salon...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Unknown Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Paint, Paper
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
Paul Walker - Outsider Art Box and Fan
Located in Savannah, GA
Paul Edward Walker
(American, b.1949)
Box and fan
signed on side P.E.W. ‘94
box: 8 ¾ inches wide by 5 ½ inches deep by 2 ½ inches tall
Paul Walker is a Savannah, Georgia outside...
Category
1990s American Folk Art Unknown Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wood, Paint, Paper
1970's Art by Vladimir Urban
Located in Asbury Park, NJ
Amazing wood collage by Russian artist Vladimir Urban. This is truly an amazing work. I have been unable to find much information on the artist. The only work I have found by him wa...
Category
1970s Vintage Unknown Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Scrap Wood
$10,500
Rectangular Still Life Framed Painting of a Stagecoach, Oklahoma
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A small American Classical framed painting of a stagecoach. This piece is framed in a deep wooden frame, with gilt gold around the edges and brown and black on the inside and outside...
Category
20th Century American American Classical Unknown Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Gold
$280 Sale Price
20% Off
Original Clair Seglem Portrait Painting of a Woman in Repose
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A wonderful bohemian portrait painting of a woman in repose, by Oklahoma artist Clair Seglem. The subject in the painting is of a woman with ravishing yel...
Category
20th Century American Bohemian Unknown Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Paint, Paper
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
Tall Abstract Cubist Portrait Painting of a Woman in Pink and Black, Signed
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A striking skinny portrait painting of a woman. This piece is tall and skinny and depicts a woman in pink and purple on a matte black background. The lines are cubist or abstract in ...
Category
20th Century American Modern Unknown Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Paint, Paper
$280 Sale Price
20% Off
Green Still Life Painting of Vegetables and Flowers on Board, Signed 1997
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A still life painting of a tabletop with flowers, vegetables, and a watering can. This piece is painted on board and signed at the bottom right. The background is painted in a moody ...
Category
20th Century American Expressionist Unknown Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Masonite, Paint
$280 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Topsy Turvy Doll
Located in Kiel, SH
Antique Topsy Turvy Doll ca 1880
Category
Late 19th Century North American Folk Art Antique Unknown Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Cotton
$1,490
Bela Szeift - Qualifying Race
Located in Branford, CT
Bela Szeift - Qualifying Race 2008. Mixed media. Walercolor and collage on paper. Unframed.
1944 born in Gödöllő Hungary
1959 Transportation Club - Circle of Fine Arts (teacher:...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Hungarian Modern Unknown Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Paper
Gus George - Pin Up Drawing
Located in Branford, CT
Gus George - Pin up drawing on paper circa 1948. From a group of approx 20 works recently discovered in upper New York State.
Category
1940s American Folk Art Vintage Unknown Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Paper
Gus George - Pin Up Drawing
Located in Branford, CT
Gus George - Pin up drawing on paper circa 1948. From a group of approx 20 works recently discovered in upper New York State.
Category
1940s American Folk Art Vintage Unknown Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Paper
Gus George - Pin Up Drawing
Located in Branford, CT
Gus George - Pin up drawing on paper circa 1948. From a group of approx 20 works recently discovered in upper New York State.
Category
1940s American Folk Art Vintage Unknown Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Paper
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Unknown outsider and self taught art for sale on 1stDibs.
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