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Folk Art For Sale
Period: Mid-20th Century
Period: 1980s
Display of Vintage Carpentry Tools
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Display of vintage carpentry tools. Most of the pieces show a beautiful dark patina. The brass plaque on the lower part of the board reads "Presented t...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Vintage Illuminated Letter D, 1980s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This vintage Industrial illuminated letter D was made in Italy during the 1980s and comes from an old advertising banner. It features a black metal ...
Category
1980s Italian Industrial Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Metal
1940's Goodyear Tires Porcelain Neon Light Sign
Located in Alpha, NJ
Very rare and beautiful example of a 1940's Goodyear Tires Neon light porcelain advertisement sign. Few occasional chips to porcelain finish and ass...
Category
1940s American Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Steel
1960's Kuna Mola Tropical Bird Family Applique Tapestry
Located in New York, NY
Vintage 1960's Kuna Mola, a traditional multi layered cotton applique tapestry hand sewn by Central American Kuna native women. Mounted on cardboard, for eas...
Category
Mid-20th Century Panamanian Tribal Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Ikat Textile from Sumba Island Stunning Tribal Motifs, Indonesia
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This exquisite ikat textile from Sumba Island, Indonesia, is a handwoven treasure that speaks to centuries of tradition, artistry, and cultural...
Category
1950s Indonesian Other Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Yarn
Old School 1940's / 50's NEON "MOTEL" Sign..Classic Font
Located in Buffalo, NY
Classic vintage NEON "MOTEL" sign salvaged from a motel in Niagara Falls Canada,, Retains original finish & patina,, New transformer, metal replaced to bottom of can,, (see photo)
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Japanese Signed Hand Carved Wood Noh Theater Mask of Doji, Early Showa Period
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful, wonderfully crafted, alluring mask made for Japanese Noh theatre.
The mask is handcrafted and hand-carved from natural wood and is signed by the maker.
This mask is of the immortal character Doji who symbolizes perpetual and eternal youth ("doji" literally translates as "child") in the Noh theater world. He is portrayed as a handsome male...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Unusual , Architectural stacked "Spool" Folk Art Pedestal / Plant Stand
Located in Buffalo, NY
Unusual , Architectural stacked "Spool" Folk Art Pedestal / Plant Stand .. Great size. proportion.. Amazing original patina , color , finish. surface,
Category
1930s American Folk Art Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Bold Master Work Handmade and Hand Glazed, Eva Fritz-Lindner, Unique
Located in South Burlington, VT
This is a fine and unusual handmade, hand painted and hand glazed Mid-Century Modern ceramic anthropomorphic effigy of a round form by the now deceased master designer Eva Fritz-Lind...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
20th Century Prestige Cloth, Shoowa, Kuba Kingdom, D. R. Congo
Located in Point Richmond, CA
20th century Prestige cloth, Shoowa people, Kuba Kingdom, D. R. Congo
A syncopated pattern of opposing forces lends this prestige cloth a sense of movement both horizontally and v...
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Vintage Nahua Pottery Chililico Hidalgo Mexican Folk Art Animal Candleholders
Located in Forney, TX
A most charming pair of two rare and whimsical indigenous Nahua peoples pottery animal folk art candleholders.
Handmade in the village of Chililico, Hidalgo, Central Mexico, primiti...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Mid-Century Rope Mirror Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet
Located in Austin, TX
Mid-Century Rope Mirror Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet.
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Rope, Mirror
Vintage Large Balinese Painting on Silk from Ubud Bali
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Mid-20th century Balinese painting on silk fabric, framed.
Vintage large Balinese art painting, from Ubud, Bali acrylic on silk.
Beautiful artwork by the Indonesian artist from Ubud.
Painted in Peliatan, Ubud Bali by W. Kurpelir as signed on the bottom left hand corner.
Balinese Folk Festival ceremonial procession, Ink and acrylic paint on canvas.
Batuan painting evolved in the 1930s after a group of local villagers tested different forms with ink-washed paintings upon black backgrounds. These paintings often reveal Batuan’s cultural life, directly through their elements of line, shape, and tone. Meticulous design, craftsmanship, and strong visual impression are characteristic of the style.
The painting comprise individual shapes which are painted in a precise and systematic manner that does not leave any empty space. The complexity of the paintings is inevitable as each of the strokes, lines, gradations, the characters or the subjects forms a delicate unity that finely balances the figure-filled canvas. Various gradations of colors separate different sections of the painting. The landscape is enticing and endless.
About Bali Art...
Category
Mid-20th Century Balinese Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Silk
Large Anri Carved Wooden Sculpture Last Supper By Osvaldo Moroder 1980s or older
By ANRI
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This vintage wood carving by Anri is a beautiful work of art depicting " The Last Supper " Jesus and the Twelve Disciples. Marked on the Back and the ground. This wooden sculpture wa...
Category
1980s Italian Baroque Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Toucan Sculpture by Sergio Bustamante
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Copper and Brass Toucan on a hoop hanging stand by Sergio Bustamante, circa 1960. Great vintage conditions.
Sergio Bustamante is a Mexican Artist and sculptor. He began with paintin...
Category
1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Hopi Hemis Katsina Doll, 1935 -1940
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hemis Katsina
Hopi
1940
Cottonwood root, mineral pigments, spun wool, feathers. Excellent original condition overall.
An extraordinary example of the Hopi Hemis Katsina, complete with a feathered Prayer Stick on back of Katsina.
Katsina dolls...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Other
Mid-20th Century Globular Vessel, Mangbetu People, D. R. Congo
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Mid-20th Century Globular Vessel, Mangbetu People, D. R. Congo
An unusually large and striking non-figurative vessel from the Mangbetu people, comprised of six lobes joined to a c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Argentinian Pierced Iron Bathroom Sign
Located in Round Top, TX
Argentinian Pierced Iron Bathroom Sign with interior light. Circa 1940.
Dimensions: 9" H x 24 1/4" W x 3 3/4" D
Category
Mid-20th Century Argentine Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Antique Industrial Factory Work Table on Iron Castors
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique Industrial factory work table on iron castors, simple design, handmade, heavy duty construction, hand delivery avail to New York City or any...
Category
1930s American Industrial Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Large Vintage Fish Store Trade Sign Sculpture
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Striking large hanging fish sculpture, once used as a fish store trade sign. Material is painted hard composite, weighs about 25 lbs. Beautiful glass eyes. Heavy hanging chain inc...
Category
1950s American Folk Art Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Composition
Mid-Century Rope Lamp Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet
Located in Austin, TX
Midcentury rope lamp by Audoux Minet, circa 1960.
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Rope, Plastic
John Williams Signed Indigenous American West Coast Haida Styled Totem Pole
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This Indigenous American totem pole was done by the renowned master carver John T. Williams of the United States in approximately 1960 in his signa...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Cedar
Middle Eastern Moorish Handcrafted Mosaic Decorative Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Exquisite handcrafted Middle Eastern mosaic marquetry inlaid walnut wood box.
Small box intricately decorated with Moorish motif designs which h...
Category
Mid-20th Century Lebanese Moorish Folk Art
Materials
Fruitwood, Shell, Mother-of-Pearl
Majolica Crab Tureen Caugant, circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
Vintage French Majolica crab tureen signed Caugant, circa 1950.
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Rude Osolnik Signed Mid-Century Modern Locust Wood Turned Vessel Bud Weed Vase
By Rude Osolnik
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully executed, handmade, wood-turned weed vase by master woodturner Rude Osolnik who is widely regarded, along with Bob Stocksdale, as one of the finest woodturners in American woodturning history. In 1992, he was presented by then-Kentucky Governor Brereton Jones, with the Milner Award, the Governor's Award for Lifetime Achievement.
The vase is made from locust wood, quite rare for Osolnik, features highlighted striped areas of dark and light. It is signed "Osolnik Originals...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Wood
20th Century Patinaed Copper Airplane Weather Vane, Rare
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine folk art patinaed copper weather vane is on a wood base stand or mount and is a one of a kind handmade vane. The condition is very good.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Copper
Organic Handmade African Tribal Art Folk Art Hand Carved Wood Stool Ivory Coast
By Senufo
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Andrianna Shamaris Senufo Style African tribal art very unique wood stool, bench, side table or headrest from a single block of wood with stunning wood grain and patina.
Stur...
Category
1950s Ivorian Tribal Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Reclaimed Wood
Mid-20th Century Tribal Tapa Cloth, Fiji
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Tapa cloth made from mulberry fiber with natural pigments, Fiji, mid-20th century.
Category
Mid-20th Century Fijian Tribal Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Namji Doll with Beads, Cowries, Coins and Metal Rings, Cameroon Mid 20th century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Sometimes referred to as dolls, this is a highly abstract figure with conical head, arms and legs held out from body, long columnar neck wrapped with mulitple strands of different si...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cameroonian Tribal Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Pair of Stephen Huneck Sheep Sculptures
Located in Chicago, IL
These two hand-carved sheep by Stephen Huneck capture everything that makes his work so beloved: warmth, whimsy, and an unshakable respect for rural life. One sheep stands tall with ...
Category
1980s American Folk Art Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage Pepsi-Cola Enameled Metal Advertising Sign, Europe, 1970s
Located in Milano, IT
Iconic Pepsi-Cola advertising sign made of enameled metal, dating from the 1970s.
The design incorporates the classic logo with red cursive lettering, set against a wavy background ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Vintage Raj Handcrafted Camel Toy India, 1950
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Raj embroidered large camel toy, India, 1950.
Handmade in Rajasthan, India, colorful fabric camel toy.
Vintage oversized camel stuffed cotton embroidered and decorated with...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Moorish Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Majestic Benin King Oba, Finely Carved Ebony Bust, Nigeria West Africa C1930s
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Truly a majestic Benin Oba. Beautifully and finely hand carved in Ebony hardwood from the 1930's
A piece of this quality and stature holds enormous presence...
Category
1930s Beninese Folk Art Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Ebony
Songbird and Daisies Vallauris Glazed Ceramic Tiles Enamel Wall Decoration c1960
By Vallauris
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Songbird and Daisies enamel and glazed ceramic tiles wall decoration, Vallauris, France c1960's
Vibrantly coloured enamel and glaze.
Signed Vallauris
...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Folk Art
Materials
Enamel
Vallauris Tiles Guitare Poulbot by R. Leduc Midcentury Studio Pottery, France
Located in Labrit, Landes
Vallauris R. Leduc Poulbot with Guitare on tiles, circa 1970, France
The theme of the "poulbot" was frequently declined by Raymonde Leduc with many variants.
The name "poulbot" des...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Faience
Genevieve Zondervan French Surrealist Oil Painting Interior Room
Located in Cirencester, GB
"Interior Scene"
by Geneviève Zondervan (French 1922-2013)
oil painting on board
board: 9 x 10.5 inches
Superb mid-century oil painting on board by the French artist, Geneviè...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
Carl-Harry Stålhane Signed Rörstrand Studio Swedish Scandinavian Midcentury Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully designed, richly, and deeply blue-colored/ glazed ceramic bowl by famed Swedish designer Carl-Harry Stålhane for Rörstrand, Sweeden. The craftsmanship and color are stu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Yei Navajo Indian Weaving
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This Yea Indian weaving is in cool neutral colors and in good condition. It has the original corner ties.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Adirondack Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Ceramic pitcher Madoura Picasso, limited edition "d'après Picasso", stamped
Located in Paris, FR
Ceramic pitcher by Picasso, model created in 1949 and limited production by Madoura until 1970
Zoomorphic owl design
Authentical multiples, 200 pieces
Official stamp "D'après Picasso...
Category
1950s French Modern Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Ere Ibeji Pair of Commemorative Figures, Abeokuta, Yoruba People Nigeria, 20th C
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Yoruba people have one of the highest incidents of twin births in the world. As a result, twin children are regarded as extraordinary, divine beings protected by Sango, the deity of ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Nigerian Tribal Folk Art
Materials
Wood
African Ethiopian Tribal Folk Art Painting 20th Century Battle Scene on Canvas
Located in Milano, MI
African Ethiopian painting imported to Italy by a diplomat during the Italian occupation of Ethiopia, in the late 1930s. This tribal folk art painting depicts a battle scene and the canvas is mounted on a parallelogram-shaped frame.
It is a large battle painting...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ethiopian Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Rustic Wabi Sabi Console, France, 1940s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Console, planter, Sculpture, wabi-sabi, Decorative item, Rustic, Artwork, 1940's, France;
What was once a drinking trough for animals, is now a dec...
Category
1940s French Rustic Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Scale Nautical Vintage Model of an English Motorboat, 1950s
Located in Milan, IT
Scale model of an English motorboat (antique motor yacht) from the 1950s, wooden planking hull. Measures: Length 57 cm, 23.44 inches, width 13.5 cm, 5.3 ...
Category
1950s British Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Finely Carved Tanzanian Chieftain's Stool
Located in London, GB
This beautifully carved title stool, from the Gogo culture in Tanzania, features a wonderful looped and adjoining structure. Dating back to the mid-twentieth century, this fine examp...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tanzanian Tribal Folk Art
Materials
Wood
1930's Woven Bark Fibre Panel
Located in London, GB
This 1930's panel, from the Mbole culture in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has been woven from bark fibre. Dark-coloured strands of fibre, dyed with the roots of a banana tre...
Category
1930s Congolese Tribal Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Signed pintail duck decoy by Charles Perdew, c. 1950
By Charles Perdew
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Very fine Charles Perdew pintail duck decoy from the Konopasek decoy collection. The decoy is a three piece, hollow body construction, with scratch-comb feather...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Wood
Mid-20th Century Wool Baknough ‘Woman's head covering’ Berber People, Libya
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Mid-20th century Wool Baknough (Woman's head covering) Berber People, Libya
This wool baknough is most likely from Libya, although similar pieces have b...
Category
1950s Libyan Tribal Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Cotton, Wool
Luba People Caryatid Stool Democratic Republic Congo Central Africa
Located in Rochester, NY
Old Luba People stool hand carved from a single piece of tree wood w/ caryatid female ancestral figure as the central support. Showing good signs of genuine age and beautiful old sur...
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Very Tall Bronze Ndebele Sculpture, Original Mid-Century Modern, 1950s
By Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
This beautiful sculpture by an unknown artist, depicting a Ndebele. Despite of occasionally mistakenly attributed to Carl Hagenauer is it undoubtedly a masterpiece. In earlier times,...
Category
1950s African Mid-Century Modern Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Illuminated Letter E , 1980s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This vintage industrial illuminated letter E was made in Italy during the 1980s and comes from an old advertising banner. It features a vhite metal body and a white plexiglass cover....
Category
1980s Italian Industrial Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Early 20th Century Scratch Built Boat Model
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century Scratch Built Boat Model
The Pilote Niviere is a French working vessel which sailed from the early part of the 20th century to th...
Category
1940s French Folk Art Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Metal
A Tribal Art Byeri Fang Sculpture Gabon 1980's
Located in HYÈRES, FR
A Tribal Art Byeri Fang Sculpture Gabon 1980's
Very nice decorative sculpture.
Beautiful black and shade of red.
Late work from Southern Gabon.
Repo...
Category
1980s Gabonese Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage 1940s Copper Bed Warmer by Villedieu, France - 2Y542
Located in Bordeaux, FR
Step back in time with this charming vintage copper bed warmer, handcrafted in Villedieu, France, during the 1940s. Measuring 25.98 inches in height, with a diameter of 8.27 inches a...
Category
1940s Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Copper
20th Paris School Collage Cutout Artwork Wonderful Interior Design Options
Located in Cirencester, GB
"Collage"
by Bernard Herzog (French, b.1935).
signed and stamped verso with catalogue number.
photo collage cut outs on paper, unframed.
Overall paper: 25.5 x 20 inches
High...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Folk Art
Materials
Other
1981 California Highway Lodging Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Massive vintage California lodging sign. Large blue sign with white lettering and white trim. Letters and trim have reflective pieces. Great coloring and condition. Fantastic piece o...
Category
1980s American Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Steel
Adire Eleko Yoruba Textile
Located in Point Richmond, CA
An Adire Eleko women’s wrapper from a recently acquired, exceptionally fine collection of 1960-1970s-era adire cloths sourced in the early 1990s.
The cassava starch-resist and dye...
Category
1960s Nigerian Tribal Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Vintage Turkish Deco Runner
Located in New York, NY
Rare size mid-20th century Turkish Deco long and narrow runner with a repetitive all-over checkerboard design.
Measures: 2'3'' x 15'6''.
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Pre-Columbian Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Philips Radio Enamel Advertising Sign Wall Plaque, 1930s
By Philips
Located in Vienna, AT
An enameled advertising sign / wall plaque "Philips Radio", dating from around 1930. It was produced for the Dutch brand Philips to promote their radios in the early 20th century. Th...
Category
1930s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Enamel, Iron
Vintage, New and Antique Folk Art
Folk art refers to a genre of art that shares the creator’s traditions, offering not just an artistic display but an opportunity to learn about a culture. Vintage, new and antique folk art typically reflects a heritage or location. It can include utilitarian objects and handmade art as diverse as weather vanes, portraiture and paintings, carnival art, quilts and duck decoys.
American folk art is frequently valued because of the traditional skills involved, like weaving, hand-carving wood and even stonework. Many folk artists are self-taught, while some train as apprentices within their community. By using available materials and taking a personal approach to their creations, artists ensure each piece is unique and conveys a story. Native American folk art includes functional objects reflecting their heritage, such as baskets, textiles and wooden pieces.
During the Great Depression, artistic materials in America were hard to come by, so artisans used discarded wood from cigar boxes and shipping crates to make highly stylized, notched pieces — most often picture frames and boxes — that are today sought after by collectors. This folk art style is called tramp art and was popular from roughly 1870 until the 1940s.
Folk art brings vibrant culture and traditions into your home. Browse an extensive collection of folk art on 1stDibs.
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