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Folk Art For Sale
Period: Mid-20th Century
Period: 1960s
Songye Kifwebe Mask University Museum Plaster Cast
By Songye Tribe
Located in Sharon, CT
Perfectly accurate plaster cast reproduction of perhaps the most recognizable Songye Kifwebe mask. A Pennsylvania University Museum cast of their famous mask.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Tribal Folk Art
Materials
Plaster
Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Flag 1953
Located in Hastings, GB
British Royal Family
A Rare And Historical Royal Coronation Flag from The Coronation Of HRH Queen Elizabeth 2nd, June 2nd 1953.
Due To The Size This Flag Would Have Been Designed t...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Signed VALLAURIS Polished Steel & Ceramic Tiles La Grange Coffee Table France 50
By Vallauris
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Modern French rectangular coffee table from the late 1950s.
Solid polished Steel and original handcrafted & hand-painted c...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Steel
Early to mid-20th Century Karaut Pectoral, Abelam Culture, Papua New Guinea
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Karaut pectoral, Southern Abelam people, Papua New Guinea
Fiber, boar's tusks, nassa and cowrie shells, pigment
15 by 5.25 inches (38 by 13.3 cm)
This finely woven karaut boar’s tus...
Category
Mid-20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Folk Art
Materials
Shell, Natural Fiber
Large Tsimshian Thunderbird Totem Pole by George Mather Sr.
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
(1918-1990). This very large totem pole is a Tsimshian interpretation by George Mather Sr. of one of the famous Thunderbird Totems of Alert Bay, BC, o...
Category
1940s American Native American Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Cedar
Vintage Turned Wood Lamp Made of Mahogany, Maple and Walnut
Located in Nantucket, MA
Large turned wood lamp of urn-form made by gluing pieces of various types of wood together then lathe turning the block to reveal patterns of co...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Mahogany, Maple, Walnut
Mid-Century Rope Lamp Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet
Located in Austin, TX
Mid-Century Rope Lamp Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet.
17 inches Height with the shade.
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Rope, Stained Glass
1960's Kuna Mola Toucan Birds in Tropics Applique Tapestry
Located in New York, NY
Beautifully crafted Kuna tribe Mola cotton tapestry with tropical toucan bird family motif. Mounted on cardboard, as found, for framing.
Traditionally made by the natives of Panama, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Panamanian Tribal Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Jack Boyd abstract modernist "Time Machine" forged iron sculpture on wood base
By Jack Boyd
Located in Walnut Creek, CA
This is a great Jack Boyd "Time Machine" forged iron sculpture on a wood base. Jack Boyd was a San Diego artist, sculptor, and jeweler who was part of the "Allied Craftsmen". The ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Iron
American Maritime Copper and Brass Deep Sea Divers Helmet on Stand, NY C. 1930
Located in Charleston, SC
American maritime copper and brass deep sea divers helmet with the original three glass cross hatched windows, latching bonnet, air line intake ...
Category
1930s American American Craftsman Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Copper
Pair bookends on black marble base depicting brass sailboat
Located in Milan, IT
Pair of bookends on black marble base depicting brass sailboat.
English manufacture of the 1950s.
Measurements 13x9x16.5 cm - inches 5.1x3.6x6.5.
The last photo is the gift box.
Category
1950s Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Marble
Antique Early 20th Century Oil on Canvas Landscape Painting. c.1910
Located in London, GB
A charming early 20th Century landscape oil painting. English. c.1910
Signed to bottom left - very skillfully painted landscape scene with fisherman and cottage.
Some very minor ...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Edwardian Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
48-Star Printed American Flag, Commemorating Arizona Statehood, 1912-1958
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is an original 48-star American parade flag, celebrating Arizona statehood. A wonderful product of our nation's early history, this flag is an authentic antique, with a fly date...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art
Materials
Fabric
Mid-Century Round Rope Mirror Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet
Located in Austin, TX
Round nautical rope mirror Audoux Minet, circa 1960.
Size: 13 inches diameter.
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Rope, Mirror
Vintage British Empire Dominion Coronation Flag
Located in Hastings, GB
Patriotic British Coronation Dominions Flag
British Royal Family
The flag represents the British Empire and the unity between the UK and its dominions during the coronation of King ...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Marble Solitaire Game Hardwood Board with 34 old Glass swirl Marbles, Circa 1930
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good Marble Solitaire game, having a very good hardwood board and a complete set of 34 glass swirl marbles, all dating to the first half of the 20th century.
The circular ...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Hardwood
John F. Kennedy Signed Senate Menu Collage
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a John F. Kennedy inscribed and autographed United States Senate Restaurant menu. Kennedy signed the menu on April 10, 1957, when he was a Senator representing the state of Massachusetts...
Category
1950s American Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Pablo Picasso Ceramic Plate Bouquet à la Pomme
Located in Bradenton, FL
Mid-20th Century Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Ceramic Plate, "Bouquet à la pomme". Earthenware plate is in colors of blue, white and black and features a stylized bouquet of flowers in ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Expressionist Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Signed Waka-Onna or Ko-Omote Wood Carved Noh Theater Mask, Showa 1900s
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful, wonderfully crafted, alluring mask made for Japanese Noh theater.
This mask is handcrafted and hand-carved from natural wood and signed/sealed by the maker on the underside.
This mask is the mask of Waka-Onna - or young beautiful woman. It may be that of Ko-omote. Ko-omote translates as "little mask" or sometimes "small face...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Round Folk Art Game Board From Haiti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This folky handmade and inlaid round game board was made in Haiti in the mid-20th century. It is reversible and in good condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Haitian Adirondack Folk Art
Materials
Wood
American Folk Art Carved Pine Eagle
Located in Chicago, IL
Carved with confidence and quiet pride, this mid-20th century American Folk Art eagle is a striking example of the genre’s charm and honesty. Fashioned from solid pine, the eagle sta...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Papago Native American Indian Pictorial Coiled Lidded Olla Basket HUGE!
Located in San Diego, CA
Wonderful vintage hand woven Papago Native American Indian pictorial lidded coil basket olla. Great form and design. Has wonderful figures around the basket. This is one of the large...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Two Sided Carnival Fun House Glass Mirror
Located in San Mateo, CA
This two sided fun house mirror likely came from a carnival. There are small wheels under the base so it can be moved easily. It also had plywood covers than enclosed the mirrors for...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Mirror, Plywood
Pablo Picasso Signed Madoura Ceramic Tile Plaque 'Tête Polychrome' Ramié 455
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, original hand painted ceramic tile plaque by famed artist Pablo Picasso titled "Tete Polychrome". The work features an abstract face w...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware, Pottery
American Mid-20th Century Folk Art Rooster Bootscrape
Located in Chicago, IL
Full of charm and personality, this mid-20th century American iron bootscrape takes the form of a cheeky rooster—one foot lifted mid-strut, tail feathers slightly ruffled, and a know...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Iron
African Textile Showa Kuba
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Rare vintage African Kuba Textile, suitable for a modern wall panel, on a long table ; perfect as headboard.
Handwoven and hand dyed raffia fabric.
An IDEA: use this item as backrest...
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Archaistic Folk Art
Materials
Raffia
Vintage Rustic Ceramic Clay Large Foundry Crucible Tub Pot.
Located in London, GB
A very decorative pair of foundry crucibles / smelting pots.
Designed for use in a foundry to melt metals at extremely high temperatures, resulting in an incredible surface texture...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Edwardian Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage wooden toy Pinocchio, Italy, 1960s
Located in Miklavž Pri Taboru, SI
Amazing jointed wooden doll, hand painted Pinocchio, made in Italy in the 1960s.
Good vintage condition.
Dimensions:
Width: 9 cm / 3.54 inches
Height: 32 cm / 12.6 inches
Depth: 9 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Tashiko Tazaezu Signed Japanese Studio Pottery Closed Form With Rattle Sculpture
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and quite engaging sumptuously glazed closed-form sculpture with rattle by renowned Japanese Hawaiian American pottery master Toshiko Takaezu, famed for her use of color,...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Porcelain, Pottery
Set of Three Vintage Zulu Long Wood Pipes on Custom Stands Beads South Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Set of three vintage Zulu long wood pipes on custom metal stands, South Africa. Each on separate stand so can be arranged in multiple ways for great display...
Category
Mid-20th Century Malian Tribal Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Beatrice Wood Signed Mid-Century California Studio Pottery Red Lava Glaze Vase
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful jewel of a piece by famed American/California ceramicist/artist Beatrice Wood featuring a rare radiant red lava glaze - one that we have not seen before (It is quite some...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
Salampasu Mask – DR Congo – Mid 20th Century – African Tribal Art
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Discover the soul of Africa through this authentic Salampasu mask from DR Congo, handcrafted in the mid-20th century. Part of a carefully curated collec...
Category
1950s Congolese Tribal Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Hand Embroidered Norwegian Wall Tapestry, Traditional Folk Art, Norway 1960s
Located in Bergen, NO
This beautiful hand-embroidered Norwegian tapestry features a charming traditional scene, depicting a woman in folk attire by the fireplace in a coz...
Category
1960s Norwegian Folk Art Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Silk
Japanese Signed Showa Carved Wood Kyogen Noh Theater Raccoon Dog Tanuki Mask
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful, wonderfully crafted, quite engaging mask made for Japanese Kyogen Noh theatre.
This mask is quite rare much like the Kitsune fox mask which this is sometimes confused f...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Antique Polka Dot Postage Stamp Quilt, circa 1940
Located in New York, NY
- A fresh take on the traditional Postage Stamp pattern, this antique quilt was made by hand around 1940 and is entirely comprised of tiny, graphic indigo polka dots– all offset by c...
Category
1940s American Folk Art Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Textile
large African Dahomey Anti-Colonial Folk Tapestry, Benin framed
Located in Farmingdale, NJ
African Dahomey Anti-Colonial Folk Tapestry, Benin, cotton applique, mid 20th c.
Category
Mid-20th Century African Tribal Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Maria Martinez San Ildefonso Blackware Jar, circa 1930, Black on Black Pottery
Located in Denver, CO
This exceptional blackware jar, created by renowned San Ildefonso Pueblo potter Maria Poveka Martinez (1887-1980), is a striking piece of Native American ...
Category
1930s American Native American Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Rare 2 Faced Twin Lega Mask DRC Large Sized
Located in Torquay, GB
Rare large twin faced Lega mask of the Bwami society in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), circa 1930s.
This mask is very rare in that it is a large size ceremonial mask and would h...
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Brutalist Wall Sculpture, Mixed Metals by B. Walters Schreiber After Paul Evans
By Paul Evans
Located in Buffalo, NY
Brutalist wall sculpture, mixed metals by B. Walters Schreiber after Paul Evans. Wonderful wall hanging, hand executed, great example of classic Brutalist design.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Brutalist Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Copper, Bronze
Modern Abstract Welded Cut Steel Garden Sculpture, Brutalist Design
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modern abstract welded steel garden sculpture, Brutalist Design, very well executed, wonderful original patina, handmade steel sculpture,, Been living in a garden of prominent Buffal...
Category
1950s American Brutalist Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Cut Steel
Midcentury Friction Tin Litho Soft Top Toy Car Fiat 600 by Bandai Japan
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous and in near mint condition Fiat 600 with a rollback cloth convertible top. From a lot of seventeen that were probably stored from day one, and never played with. Made by Ban...
Category
1960s Japanese Industrial Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Ceramic bear paw by Georges Jouve, France, 1960's
Located in Paris, FR
Black bear paw by Georges Jouve, signed, 1960's
Category
1960s French Modern Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Tonala Folk Art Pottery Plate Hand Painted with Birds, Mexico, circa 1960's
By Ken Edwards
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Handcrafted Ken Edwards ceramic plate Tonala Mexico Folk Art Pottery.
Vintage Ken Edwards Mexican ceramic birds and flowers from Tonala Pottery.
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Tonala Folk Art Bird Mexican Hand Painted Colorful Pottery 1960s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Tonala Folk Art Pottery Plate Hand Painted Flying Bird, Mexico, circa 1960's.
Vintage Mexican Tonala hand painted pottery bird Folk Art.
Flora de la Cruz ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Rudolph Condon Figural Wood & Wrought Iron Folk Art Bird Sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine signed folk art bird sculpture.
By Rudolph Condon.
In carved wood and wrought iron.
In the form of a bird atop a circular plinth. A near identical sculpture of Condon's w...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Wrought Iron
Folk Art Carved Patriotic Eagle Plaque
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage Folk Art Carved Patriotic Eagle Plaque, circa 1940s, a Bellamy inspired carved and painted patriotic eagle plaque with American shield and clutch of arrows.
The plaque remai...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage Americana Mid-Century Neon Barber Shop Sign
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Fantastic 13.5 foot long Mid-Century vintage neon barber shop sign. Total statement piece. Unusual three dimensional channel letters. Many layers of r...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Vintage Mid-20th Century Metal Teapot/Coffee Pot, French Design - 2Y573
Located in Bordeaux, FR
Elevate your kitchen or dining décor with this elegant mid-20th century teapot or coffee pot, crafted from sturdy metal with a sleek, timeless design. Reflecting the 1940–1960 style,...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Oceanian Bamboo Mask with Long Hair from New Guinea
Located in Pasadena, CA
Ceremonial mask from the Sepik River region of Papua New Guinea, associated with the dance traditions of the Eastern Highlands. Crafted from wood, cowrie shells, clay, pigment, and p...
Category
Mid-20th Century Papua New Guinean Primitive Folk Art
Materials
Shell, Natural Fiber, Wood
Chokwe Mask – Mid 20th Century – Angola – African Tribal Art
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Bring home a piece of ancestral heritage with this authentic Chokwe mask from Angola, crafted in the mid-20th century. Rooted in deep cultural tradition, Chokwe masks were once used ...
Category
1950s Angolan Tribal Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Kuba Beaded Laket Prestige Cap
By Kuba
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite cone-shaped cap, known as laket, was created by an artisan of the Kuba peoples of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The base is made of a simple woven raffia fabric, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Folk Art
Materials
Shell, Fabric
Antique Vintage French Country House Private Property Wall Sign
Located in Stockbridge, GB
Antique French Private Property Sign
A fantastic original sign with “Private Property Do Not Enter” written in French.
It has a great aged patina with some wear to the original blu...
Category
Mid-20th Century English French Provincial Folk Art
Materials
Cut Steel
Mid-Century Stool Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet
Located in Austin, TX
Mid-Century Stool Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet.
Height / 16 inches.
17.5 by 12.5 inches.
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Rope
Scale model of an Italian motorboat from the 1950s
Located in Milan, IT
Scale model of an Italian speedboat 1950s, wooden planking hull, mounted on wood and brass base.
Length cm 25 - inches 9.8, width cm 8.8 - inches 3.4, height with base cm 8.5 - inc...
Category
1950s Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage Chart Rack with Four Denoyer-Geppert Anatomy Charts
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1960s; Denoyer-Geppert Co. - Chicago, IL
Vintage metal chart rack with four original four-color Denoyer-Geppert anatomy posters.
Each is in remar...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art
Materials
Plastic, Wood
Evelyn Ackerman Large Scale Wood Carved Panel for Era Industries
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large scale wood carved panel by California artist, Evelyn Ackerman for Era Industries c.1960s. This carving features various nature themes like the sun, trees, fish, birds and leav...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Mid-Century Modern Italian Folding Four-Panel Decorated Screen by Enzo Strada
By Enzo Strada
Located in Prato, IT
Mid-Century Modern Italian folding four-panel screen with bucolic transfer painting. 1960s
Each panel measures cm.53 x 3 x H 148.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Primitive Farmhouse Bench with original paint 1930s
Located in Newfoundland, PA
1930's Original Barn Bench with original paint that has not been touched in many years. Please look at the photos, it has an unusual cut out ...
Category
1930s American Primitive Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Wood
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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