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...

"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...

A classic Jules Verne book titled "Un Capitaine de Quinze Ans" (A Captain at Fifteen), first part, 7th edition published by Ed. Hetzel. This vintage b...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

Condition: Fair Comments: The lithograph is in good condition, but the glass protecting it needs to be replaced due to multiple scratches. There is a small stain on the subject in th...

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

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...

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...

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

Rustic carnival "Wheel of Fortune" circa 1940s, constructed of various solid woods both solid and plywood, the wheel is painted in weathered hues of red and yellow with images of dom...

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...

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...

Ingenious Contrivances, Curiously Carved: Scrimshaw in the New Bedford Whaling Museum by Stuart M Frank. Stated 1stEd hardcover with dust jacket. By the mi...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

Georgius Wolfgangus Wedel, Aphorismi Aphorismorum, id est Aphorismi Hippocratis in Porismata resoluti. Jena (Ienae), Sumptibus Johannis Bielkii, 1695. Late 17th century medical work...

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...

A pair of Sergio Bustamante sculptures from his "Smiling Sun" series. Bustamante's work is characterized by its dreamlike, expressive quality, these wall hangings are lacquered papi...

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 ...

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

Vintage General Biology Chart edited by H.N. Goddard, L.A. Kenoyer & F.J. Hinds / Western State Teachers College, Kalamazoo, MI Overall Dimensions: 32" wide x 45 1/2" high Mate...

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...

"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...

This striking early 20th century tapa bark cloth from Western Samoa and the greater Tongan cultural sphere is a rare and powerful example of Pacific Island textile artistry. Hand-pai...

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

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...

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...

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...

refined Indian brush painting of a nobleman riding on a horse, intricate detail, ink, color and gold gilt on paper, Conservation framed

c. 1900s; mfd. by H. Bull & Sons for Marston's, Ltd. - Burton-on-Trent, England Reverse painted on glass (ROG) advertising sign for Marston's Brown Label Whisky, featuring bold, dim...

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...

One of only eight made !! Cardboard Chaise Lounge designed and created by Joel Stearns, similar to one in the Lois Lambert Gallery..Amazing modernist sculpture.. ,Joel Stearns, wh...

Winslow Health & Hygiene Series published by Denoyer-Geppert Co., Chicago IL W9 Secretion & Excretion Overall Dimensions: 32" x 47" Materials: Wood & Paper

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...

This is the second part of Jules Verne's captivating novel "Hector Servadac," 9th edition, published by Ed. Hetzel. The book is in good condition, with a slightly worn cover and spin...

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 ...

This wonderful piece of New York City history is over 150 years old. It depicts 86th street and above. It was lithographed by WC Rogers and company. It was made to show what was the Battle of Harlem during the Revolutionary war...

Early 19th Century Marionette Puppets A rare untouched example of two hand crafted early 19th century marionette puppets, likely to be French in...

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

Segmentation & External Form Of The Embryo Medical Chart, Copyright 1928 Overall Dimensions: 47" x 35" Materials: Wood & Paper

American Frohse Anatomical Chart Plate No. 9 by Leon Schlossberg, John Hopkins University Published by A.J. Nystrom & Co, Chicago IL Overall ...

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...

A 1950's rare original James Ensor style papier mâché theatre head. This item was obtained via a private collection (France).

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...

Vintage Nervous Tissue Biology Chart by Remy Perrier & Cepede Overall Dimensions: 42" x 61" Materials: Wood & Paper

Nervous & Circulatory Systems Chart by Max Brodel, 1918 Distributed by AJ Nystrom & Co, Overall Dimensions: 47" x 71" Materials: Wood & Paper

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. Moscos...