Paper Folk Art

The Second World War by Winston Churchill from Houghton-Mifflin Company, Boston. A vintage edition of Winston Churchill's six-volume memoir, The Second World War, for which he was a...

ABOUT Original concert poster. Headline Band: Big Brother & The Holding Company Second Band: Oxford Circle Third Band: Lee Michaels Venue: Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, Ca. Mo...

"A wine party gathering With Sweet Memories" Vibrant Colored Print An unusual colored print by self taught outsider surrealist folk artist Gloria Antoinette Laposka (1922-2015) S...

Explore the spiritual and historical depth of this rare collection, Aujourd’hui la Bible – Journal de la Vie, spanning volumes 1 through 10 (missing Tome 11). Published in 1969, thes...

Early 20th century papier Mache carnival mask of a German soldier An early example of a French carnival mask in the form of a German soldier. With hand crafted detail included pain...

This framed American 1940s Canada Goose decoy is a striking piece of functional folk art, beautifully preserved and presented. Originally crafted from waxed cardboard, the decoy was ...

A beautiful vintage framed lithograph of Venice, Italy By Claude Duval (signed lower right) Italy, Circa 1900 Measures: 17.25"W x 0.75"D x 21.2...

A very desirable and quite rare signed photograph/cabinet-card portrait of renowned Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux holy man Chief Sitting Bull (circa 1831-1890) - perhaps the most famed and r...

Unique antique photo album with a music box, which starts to play when opening the closure.

Frida Kahlo is now regarded as one of the foremost artists of the 20th century. Her reputation grew late in her life and more so, posthumously. During her life she was more famous fo...

Human Digestive System Educational Chart by Rudolph Schick Publishing, Copyright 1940 Overall Dimensions: 34" x 44" Materials: Wood & Paper

Mid-Century unique and wonderfully fun large painted papier mache carnival head. This "Blue Bulldog" head resembles a very grumpy little cartoon bulldog with a studded collar and loa...

This is a fan which was made in Japan around 1980s in Showa era. This is made with a paper and bamboos. This fan is printed. Japanese fans are made of paper on a bamboo frame, usual...

19th Century folk art military painting 19th Century piece of French folk-art militaria art, gouache on paper in its original frame in untouched condition. Size in inches: H 12” ...

This captivating hand-crafted folk art hanging crescent moon, its unusual three-dimensional cratered form of very large proportions, with a central face, awake on one side, asleep on...

Sotheby's: The Bertram K. Little and Nina Fletcher Little Collection, Parts I & II October 21 and 22, 1994. Hardcovers. The sale consisted of the Little's Americana collection. Intro...

Antique late 19th Century Indian Kalighat natural pigment watercolor painting of Krishna milking a cow under a Pipal tree. The cow is smiling at Krishna, with divine love. The cosmic dance of life represented in a symbolic message within the painting. Framed in gold painted carved wood frame under glass. Origins of Kalighat painting According to legend, Lord Shiva, the god of dance and destruction, was deep in meditation on Mount Kailash when he received news of the death of his consort, Sati, an avatar (or human manifestation) of the goddess Kali. He wandered for days with her body draped across his shoulders and his inconsolable grief threatened to ruin the earth. Lord Vishnu, the Preserver, was called upon to intervene. To relieve Shiva's burden, he shattered Sati's body into 51 pieces. The little toe of Sati's right foot was said to have fallen at the site of the Hooghly River...

A quite wonderful Mexican Day of the Dead (Dia De Los Muertos festival held throughout Mexico) La Catrina symbolic skeleton figure. La Catrina is the festival’s most recognizable image/figure. She is the model of a high-society woman who has met Death, her maker. She represents something between the fear induced by her skeletal form and the revelry exhibited by the comical way she is typically portrayed, making her a perfect symbol of the Mexican holiday. She often appears in paintings, window displays, and costumes all around Mexico during the Day of the Dead festivities. La Catrina was originally conceived in the early 1900s by newspaper illustrator and printmaker José Guadalupe Posada...

Wonderful rare antique leather book, original from 1881 by Paul Gavarni. Illustrated by Gavarni are: Histoire de politiquer ; Les propos de Thomas Vireloque ; Les Bohèmes ; Manières ...

Collection of 3 Vanity Fair Political “Spy”Prints A good collection of coloured prints dating from 1896, 1897 and 1904, mounted and glazed in black frames The prints are in good co...

Set of Two picture frames with collection of Cuban cigar memorabilia. Cuban Advertising for cigars in sticker and cloth form. Old cigar box items that were gifted when purchased with...

This characterful hand-crafted folk art hanging sun, its unusual three-dimensional form of very large proportions, with a serene smiling face to one side, is a rare find. The hand pa...

The Old Berkshire Hunt Lithograph Engraved Framed Print Painting by John Goode. Item features a distressed gold finish wooden frame and glass front. Circa Early 20th Century. Measure...

Vintage Medical Wall Chart by Verlag Frommann & Morian Overall Dimensions: 29" x 40 1/2" Materials: Wood & Paper

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...

Large hand-painted fiberglass carnival head depicting a grumpy blue demon monster character, complete with red hair, wide-set brown eyes, yellow tusk-like protrusions, and an open ci...

Titled, "the narrows of lake george" and purportedly by artist C.F. Brown and dated 1852. This is a highly detailed marble dust or sandpaper drawings The meticulously executed detail...

Tulips, Arabesques and Turbans: Decorative Arts from the Ottoman Empire by Yanni Petsopoulos. Abbeville Press, 1982. First Edition hardcover no dust jacket. The author analyzes the p...

Gaston Chaissac (1910-1964), Ink on Paper, Signed and dated "24.12.56" on the bottom left corner, France. Measures: 20 x 26.5 cm. Gaston Chaissac (1910-1964) was the son of a shoemaker, who discovered painting with Otto Freundlich...

19th Century encased paper model of an Indian grocery store Quite simple this is an amazing decorative object, encased in a 19th century glass and pine display, a handmade paper model of an Indian grocery shop, with wooden hand painted elephant and working man at the steps. Spencer and Co...

A large, colorful and striking paper mache duck figure by Sergio Bustamante. The rotund sculpture depicting a hand painted duck in blue tonal shades with wings in pastel colors of ro...

Vintage Educational Scientific Protozoa Chart Overall Dimensions: 42" x 55" Materials: Wood & Paper

Vintage Educational Botanist Liverwort Chart Distributed by Denoyer-Geppert Overall Dimensions: 42" x 30" Materials: Wood & Paper

A framed Biostim chart titled “Pain Management – Treatment Mode,” produced in the 1980s, recontextualized here as a striking piece of graphic wall art. Originally designed for clinic...

A magnificent and historically rich pair of Belle Époque portraits depicting King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette, created by celebrated French engraver Jean-Gothard Muller in t...

This is a unique and authentic collection of 31 individual pages from a Soviet-era recipe book on Central Asian cuisine, dating from the 1970s. While the original covers are missing,...

Vintage American Frohse Anatomical Chart, Published by A.J. Nystrom & Co. Publishers, Chicago, IL Overall Dimensions: 47" x 75" Materials: Wood & Paper

Antique Educational Wall Chart by Sargent-Welch Scientific Co. Skokie, IL Overall Dimensions: 36" x 49 1/2" Materials: Wood & Paper

Vintage American Frohse Anatomical Chart, Published by A.J. Nystrom & Co. Publishers, Chicago, IL Overall Dimensions: 47″ x 74″ Materials: Wood & Paper

"RALLY FREEMEN! …COME ONE! COME ALL! AND SHOW YOUR LOVE FOR THE BEST COUNTRY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH." A CIVIL WAR RECRUITMENT BROADSIDE FOR THE...

A unique, full size paper mache 1980s armchair, signed G.Dell, Mexico. Charmingly naive paintwork. An amazing combination of Memphis Milano and circus big top pattern and colour: buy...

House of Cards designed by Charles and Ray Eames by The Museum of Modern Art, New York in 1986. This special picture deck of stacking cards celebrates familiar objects, animals, and ...

A framed anatomical chart produced by Dynex Neurostimulator in 1980, presenting “Optimal Stimulation Sites for TENS Electrodes.” Originally created for clinical use, this piece today...

Extraordinary 19th Century Swedish Bonad. The Nativity, The imagery capturing the Baby in a Manger in the stable, being overlooked by donkeys and angels. Primitive and exuberant colo...

Vintage Chaetopoda I Lumbricus by Paul Pfurtscheller Overall Dimensions: 53" x 56" Materials: Wood & Paper

This extraordinary one-of-a-kind large-scale (23” x 19”) artist’s book, featuring 64 original Purvis Young paintings, captures the essence of his powerful vision in a tangible, colle...

Expressive traditional Mexican Judas figure crafted in papier-mâché and hand-painted in vibrant polychrome. The piece represents the iconic effigy associated with Holy Week celebrati...

The Holy Bible With An Abridgement Of The Commentaries Of Scott And Henry Bound in full navy Morocco with the covers displaying open-tooled bordering details, an indented central ti...

Early 19th Century Framed Print of George III Attractive and interesting piece, mounted in a 2” Gilt Frame. In Pleasant Realistic Condition, the Picture Frame is 15”high 11” wide A...

Diptera I Musca Domestica Educational Chart by Paul Pfurtscheller Distributed by Denoyer-Geppert Overall Dimensions: 53" x 57"

This rare one-of-a-kind antique French folk art work depicting Napoléon and his son blends hand drawing, coloring, collaged wallpaper flowers and gold paper details; a charming tech...

Original framed poster of famous Al G. Barnes Circus "Animal show circus".

This charming American Folk Art paper mâché cat sculpture has a wonderful presence and personality. Its whimsical form, upright stance, and curled tai...

This highly animated, bright and colorful circus poster portrays a fabulous looking clown in white frilled garb with red stripes, welcoming everyone to see the "Greatest Show on Earth...

Early 20th Century Folk Art Scratch Built Ship Without doubt, one of the nicest examples of an early 20th Century English folk art ship model named Victoria. Amazing detail and charm...

A hand-made folk art sculpture of a horse from the End of 19th Century/ Early 20th Century. This French made papier mâché horse is wrapped in leather, presented in its authentic old ...

Mixed-media work by artist Purvis Young. Acrylic on paper, plastic and white metal sign insert cover. Folk Art painted in black, white, pink, yellow, red and green. Work on found obj...

Early 20th century antique hand painted Mexican homemade wooden folk art shrine / religious alter nicho box with Christ, Saint Anthony and Saint Francis. Rose painted interior wallpa...

Antique 1930s judge theatre papier mâché head from Paris This lot is a rare original 1930s papier mâché French theatre heads. This item was obtain...

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...