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Folk Art For Sale
Period: Mid-20th Century
Period: 1970s
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
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
T’ang Haywen signed diptych ink on beige paper 1970
By Haywen Tang
Located in Paris, IDF
This is a soft diptych ink on kyro board beige paper by Chinese and French ink artist T’ang Haywen, signed, circa 1970. It’s been framed with a black frame and anti-UV glass. The dip...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Paper
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
Vintage European Street Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great vintage European street sign. Deep blue and white. Newly mounted and framed. People at play in the street. Cool piece of wall art.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Steel
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
Grand Scale Hand Carved Wood Giraffe Sculpture on Base circa 1970's
Located in St. Louis, MO
Grand scale African folk art hand carved wood giraffe, with charred black stained spots. Appears to be carved from log. In fine vintage condition. Unsigne...
Category
1970s African Folk Art Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Wood
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
Peter Shire Exp Signed Post Modern Ceramic California Pottery Splatter Cup, 1979
By Peter Shire
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful work by famed Los Angeles (Echo Park), California-based artist Peter Shire who was a founding member (along with Italian designer Ettore Sottsass and others) of The Memph...
Category
1970s American Post-Modern Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
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 Canada Goose Decoy
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage Canada standing Goose Decoy on bent nail legs, by carver of birds and working decoys William "Roy" Mill (1902-1982), Kensington, Prince Edward Island.
Category
Mid-20th Century Canadian Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Rainbow Mosaic Glass Disco Ball, 1970s USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great vintage disco ball made of mosaic glass tiles. Rare example with rows of different colors of glass. Yellow, mirror, blue, red and green throug...
Category
1970s American Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Metal
West Point Pennant with Striking Colors and Graphics, ca 1940-1950
Located in York County, PA
WEST POINT PENNANT WITH STRIKING COLOR & GRAPHICS, WWII ERA - 1950's
Triangular pennant, made for the United States Military Academy at West Point, with exceptional colors and graph...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art
Materials
Felt
1960 Christian Dior Hat
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer this rare 1960 Christian Dior hat, circa 1960.
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Fabric
Female Senufo Wood Maternity Figure with Baby Seated on Stool nursing
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Female Senufo carved wood maternity figure seated on stool with baby in lap reaching up to feed. Represents the Mother feeding the community.
Figure ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ivorian Tribal Folk Art
Materials
Organic Material, Wood
Leather Doctors Bag, 1940s France
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Substantial cowhide bag with brass hardware and closure. Used a travel bag for physicians to play tools and prescriptions in. Perfect as a purse or for tra...
Category
1940s American Colonial Revival Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Classic Dayak Wood Calendar Board with Aso or Dragon Motifs, Borneo Indonesia
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Classic Dayak carved wood calendar board with Aso or Dragon Motifs, Borneo, Indonesia. Traditional very dark wood with carving in relief and incised numb...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indonesian Tribal Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Mid-Century Coca Cola Delivery Truck by Buddy L, C1960
By Buddy L. 1
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous buddy L Coca Cola delivery truck with aluminum hand truck from the late fifties early sixties. One rear tire is smaller by not much, it's a little dif...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
Antique Konya Hotamis Kilim Rug Wool Old Central Anatolian Turkish Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a Central Anatolian Antique Kilim from the Hotamis, Konya region, with a rare and beautiful color composition.
This highly collectible antique kilim has wonderful special co...
Category
1940s Turkish Kilim Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
Hand Carved Black Forest Desk Lamp Hunting Scene, circa 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
The item for sale is an original desk lamp in the style of Black Forest or possibly Swiss artisanal craftsmanship. Foot and lampshade are both hand carved from medium-dark wood. The ...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Black Forest Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Jute, Wood
Tashiko Tazaezu Signed Japanese Studio Pottery Closed Form With Rattle Sculpture
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and quite engaging colorfully glazed closed-form sculpture with rattle by renowned Japanese Hawaiian American pottery master Toshiko Takaezu, famed for her use of color, texture, scale, multiple glazes, and various free-form shapes, including her orb-like moon pots. This high-fired porcelain piece features a vast array of shifting, whirling, vibrant, colorful glazes (with traces of reds, pinks, oranges, yellows, greens, blues, etc... ). It is a unique and one-of-a-kind work.
The closed-form vessel sculpture is signed on the base with her traditional "TT" mark/ monogram.
A rare and special piece. Would be a great addition to any collectors of Toshiko's work or other Mid-Century Modern...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Porcelain, Pottery
Painted Wood Hopi Katsina Kachina Figure '#1'
Located in Bradenton, FL
Hopi katsina figures (Hopi language: tithu or katsintithu), also known as kachina dolls, are figures carved, typically from cottonwood root, by Hopi people to instruct young girls an...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wood
1930s Dada Photomontage Collage in the Style of Hannah Höch
By Hannah Höch
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Charming photomontage collage of girls at play with dogs, cats and birds in foreground.
Whimsical happy work of art in the manner of Hannah Höch. Not sign...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Louis Vuitton Trunk, 1940s France
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Custom vintage Louis Vuitton trunk from the 1940s. Stunning display piece with irregular shape/opening. Perfect for storing papers, books o...
Category
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Brass
African Senufo Korhogo Large Mid-Century Folk Art Mud Cloth Textile Painting
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic, wonderfully designed African tribal art Korhogo Textile painting by the Senufo people of Korhogo, Ivory Coast.
Korhogo textile painting (This type of cloth painting c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ivorian Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Textile, Cotton, Paint
Ethiopian Milk Vessel
Located in Chicago, IL
The Borana Oromo people of southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya are historically a cattle-keeping culture, and each household keeps a number of traditional vessels for storing and ch...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ethiopian Tribal Folk Art
Materials
Other
French 1950s Enamel Sign
Located in Brecht, BE
These enamel signs were used nearby schools, great decorative object, collector’s item.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Folk Art
Materials
Enamel
20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Abstract Figures
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist: Elisabeth Hahn (German 1924-2021),
Elisabeth Hahn was born in Dortmund, Germany, where she began her artistic studies. In 1953, she moved to Paris. She continued her stud...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
Turkestan Old Yomut Turkoman Central Asian Yomud Cejim Jijim Kilim Rug
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a Central Asian Old Yomut Kilim from the West Turkestan and Iran region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
The Yomut are to be found in north-east Iran, and acro...
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Kilim Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
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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