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Folk Art For Sale
Period: 20th Century
Color:  Yellow
19th Century Brass Pendant on Yellow Multi-Strand Beaded Necklace, Naga, India
Located in Point Richmond, CA
19th century brass pendant on yellow multi-strand beaded necklace, Naga, India A graceful necklace of small yellow glass trade beads bead...
Category

Early 20th Century Indian Tribal Folk Art

Materials

Brass

Rare 1970s Adult Peep Show, Books & Magazines, Large Plastic Embossed Sign XXX
By Terry Richardson
Located in St. Louis, MO
Large 1970s sign with embossed letters, Adult Peep Show - Books & Magazines. Sold without its original aluminum frame, can be back lit with LED. Small star crack to top of Red "S", minor loss of paint and scuffs. Subject matter is in the style of photographer Terry Richardson...
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1970s American Vintage Folk Art

Materials

Plastic

Vintage Yellow Illuminated Letter T , 1970s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This vintage industrial plastic illuminated letter T was made in Italy during the 1970s and comes from an old advertising banner. It is equipped with a LED st...
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1970s Italian Industrial Vintage Folk Art

Materials

Plastic

Early Papua New Guinea Sepik Woven Yam Mask Yellow Pigments on Custom Base
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early Papua New Guinea Sepik River area tightly woven raffia yam mask with areas of heavy yellow and black pigments. In profile small bird beak form at bottom...
Category

Mid-20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Folk Art

Materials

Organic Material

Vintage Yellow & Black Painted Steel 'Slow Children' Traffic or Street Sign
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine vintage traffic or street sign. With graphics of a child running & large block letters spelling: 'SLOW CHILDREN'. Simply a great vintage ...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Folk Art

Materials

Steel

1960s California Prison Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unique California state prison sign that reads "KEEP OUT CALIFORNIA STATE PROPERTY". Yellow background with bold black print. Scuffs, scratches and rust gi...
Category

1960s American Vintage Folk Art

Materials

Steel

Carved Wooden Chilkat Sign, 1950s Wooden Painted Wall Sign, Blue, Yellow
Located in Denver, CO
Carved and painted wooden chilkat sign made in the mid. 20th century by E. Marcus Westby (1924-2010). Presented ready to hang, dimensions measure 31 ¾ x 66 ¼ x ¾ inches. Piece is ...
Category

Mid-20th Century North American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Vintage Yellow & Black Painted Steel 'FRESH OIL' Traffic or Street Sign
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine vintage traffic or street sign. With text that reads: FRESH OIL. In reflective yellow paint. Simply a great vintage sign! Date: Mi...
Category

Late 20th Century Unknown Folk Art

Materials

Steel

Mid-Century Modern Metal Hamper or Trash Can, Powder Coated Yellow
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Mid-Century Modern tall metal trash can or hamper. This piece has been freshly powder coated in bright sunshine yellow. Tall and bright, this metal ves...
Category

1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Folk Art

Materials

Metal

Vintage Swiss Two Sided Train Signal Sign
Located in San Diego, CA
Super cool and hard to find vintage Swiss two sided train signal sign, circa 1940s. The sign is made of metal and painted yellow with the number "5" in bl...
Category

Mid-20th Century Swiss Folk Art

Materials

Metal

Jean Da Milano, Composition, Oil on Paper, 1974, France
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Jean Da Milano (1928-2017), Abstract composition, Oil on paper, Signed lower right, N° 881-74, n° 494, 1974, France. Measures : Height 65,5 cm, Width 50 cm. Jean Da Milano is an abstract painter from Nice who was cradled by the rich breeding ground of the School of Nice and its artists. Active from the 1960s to the 2008s, his works were forgotten and rediscovered by the HARTER Gallery, which today highlights his touch. According to Agnès Roux, Honorary Secretary for Culture, “Jean Da Milano is one of those modest painters who knew how to develop abstract painting alongside his contemporaries. In an infinite world, the kinetic object on an astral background gradually transforms into a pictorial relief, where the painting falsely becomes painting and invisibly paper. The humility of its formats does not give the work the fullness it deserves. But the almighty gaze of the spectator engenders the feelings and sensations of a cosmogonic painting steeped in universality ". We indeed observe in his work an evolution which begins with an almost cosmic painting in the 70s, then what we could qualify as “implosions” in the 80s and finally, a real research on paper and pictorial relief. in the 2000s. According to Georges Braque "Everyone is a creator, the viewer is himself a creator, it is the way of seeing that gives life to the object. " Personal exhibitions: - 1992: Golden Gallery Nice - 1988: Acropolis Nice - 1982: Municipal Gallery Renoir Nice - 1977: Municipal Museum Saint-Paul-de-Vence Collective exhibitions: - 1992: Golden Gallery - 1991: Golden Gallery - 1990: Golden Gallery - Art Jonction - 1989: Nice university center - 1987: Acropolis - 1985: Chapel of Mercy Vallauris - 1984: CIAC Paris and Chapelle des Pénitents in Péone - 1983: Art Expo Dallas Texas and Art Expo New York - 1980: Galerie Waterlot Nice - 1971: Necrolium Nice - 1970: Maison de la Culture Magnan Nice and Musée de la Salle Marine Nice - 1969: Galerie Le Nombre d´Or Nice - 1968: Musée de la Salle Marine Nice and Galerie Salmon Nice - 1966: Paul Langevin Biot school group - 1965: Chapelle St Esprit...
Category

1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Folk Art

Materials

Paint

Monumental Safety Pin by Think Big NYC
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Giant safety pin made by Think Big NYC. Dated 1986. Cool unusual object. Good vintage condition. Just under 3 feet tall.   
Category

1980s Taiwanese Vintage Folk Art

Materials

Metal

Vintage Yellow Handicap Stencil
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unique vintage handicap stencil used to mark the handicap spots on the asphalt. Made of plywood. This sign has tons of character with thick, excess paint and splatter around the imag...
Category

1970s American Vintage Folk Art

Materials

Wood, Paint

Vintage 1940's PHILCO TV Kids Ride On Toy Truck
Located in San Diego, CA
1940's PHILCO Television metal Ride On Toy Truck. Beautiful original distressed condition.
Category

1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Folk Art

Materials

Sheet Metal

1950s Light Up Double Sided Beer Mug Yellow Sign
Located in Chicago, IL
1950's light up double sided beer mug sign. It works.
Category

1950s North American Folk Art Vintage Folk Art

Materials

Metal

Los Angeles Slippery Road Highway Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage plastic road sign from Los Angeles. Slippery road ahead. Large in scale. Yellow background with black graphics. Cool piece of wall art.
Category

1970s American Vintage Folk Art

Materials

Plastic

Lucie Rie & Hans Coper Signed Stamped Yellow Glazed Stoneware Bowl, circa 1950
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous mustard-yellow glazed stoneware bowl with manganese rim by famed European potters Lucie Rie & Hans Coper. The bowl is signed with each artist's impressed seals on the b...
Category

1950s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Folk Art

Materials

Stoneware

Vintage Yellow Los Angeles Pedestrian Crossing Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Massive yellow pedestrian crossing sign from Los Angeles. Pedestrian in a crosswalk. Great coloring. Measures: 41" wide.
Category

1990s American Folk Art

Materials

Steel

Acid Yellow Reflective Pedestrian Road Sign from Los Angeles
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great acid yellow reflective road sign from the City of Los Angeles. Depicting a man and woman crossing the road. Good vintage condition.  
Category

1990s American Folk Art

Materials

Steel

Alvin M. Cohen Original Oil on Canvas
Located in Baltimore, MD
From the estate of American artist Alvin M. Cohen Painted in Paris, titled, signed. A full collection from this estate is also available for sale.
Category

1950s French Vintage Folk Art

Materials

Canvas

Massive Acid Yellow Reflective Pedestrian Road Sign from Los Angeles
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Massive acid yellow reflective road sign from the City of Los Angeles. Depicting a man and woman crossing the road. Good vintage condition.  
Category

1990s American Folk Art

Materials

Steel

Vintage Los Angeles County Horse Crossing Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very cool vintage sign from Los Angeles County. Massive yellow sign with black horse and rider. Marked Los Angeles County on front. Great piece for ...
Category

1970s American Vintage Folk Art

Materials

Steel

Vintage Los Angeles Pedestrian Crossing Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Massive yellow pedestrian crossing sign from Los Angeles. Great coloring. Dent going through the middle. Still very presentable.
Category

1990s American Folk Art

Materials

Steel

Violet & Yellow Suffragette Parade Banner, Ca 1910-1920
Located in York County, PA
Rare violet & yellow Suffragette parade banner, the plate example illustrated in the text reference on the subject, made ca 1910-1920. Hand-painted banners...
Category

Early 20th Century Folk Art

Materials

Silk

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Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
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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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