North American Folk Art

A wonderful, sumptuously glazed planter/vase by American California studio pottery master potter/ceramists Stan Bitters whose work was instrumental in shaping the organic modernist m...

This fine example of early 20th century Folk Art is all original paint and carved from one piece of wood. The weight is heavy and would make a great doorstop in the kitchen.

This is a Dooling Mercury First Series tether car built in 1939 by the Dooling brothers, Tom, Russell and Harris. They began building racers in 1937 for their own pleasure. These e...

Jim Rose, known primarily for his steel furniture, was an avid collector and scoured salvage yards for unique and interesting items. Here, a collection of found steel is reworked and...

This exquisite 1920s American copper weathervane, found in Connecticut, features a captivating depiction of a Patchen horse with a sulky and rider, emblematic of the era's folk art t...

Antique Oak Victor Victor I Victrola Phonograph Talking Machine with Horn. Very good working condition with original crank and nameplate: “His Mast...

Tang Dynasty Style Decorative Cast Iron Horse 20th Century "great color and patina" one hairline cracks some surface rust lots of sand / sediment on the interior - see images

Starbursts are just the beginning of the patterning of this exciting quilt. Diamonds are filled with Robbing Peter to Pay Paul type circles that look quite different when used in hal...

Vintage 1970s tan suede leather spotted Giraffe stuffed animal complete with sewn-on plastic eyes and lashes and a mane made of black yarn. All seaming is tight. No stains.

A wonderfully designed work by famed American California Studio master ceramist Beatrice Wood featuring a gorgeous, dark, iridescent metallic volcanic lava crater muted glaze. A cla...

A wonderful, absolute gem of a piece by famed American California studio ceramist Beatrice Wood featuring her highly desired gorgeous iridescent luster volcanic (crater) lava glaze. ...

Copper Running Horse Weathervane, New England Nice looking running horse weathervane with verdigris patinated copper finish. Head shows further weathering. Mounted on a black painted...

Quilled knife sheath with quilled drops, tin cones with yellow horsehair. With original collection tag. A very rare piece in this condition. Original tag reads "Knife sheath I bought from Mr. Corelson Marsh 1st - 1890 Pd 60 cts. Worth 2.00. Mr. Robb sent Me C. (Post - Trade form Ft Bennet Dakota. A valuable relic + very rare. Worked with colored porcupine quills. E Kaucher." Ex. Stalter Collection. Dr. Kenneth Stalter (1954-2012) grew up in Delaware County where he developed a lifelong interest in Native American tools...

An elegant tempietto style gazebo model with a gilt Romanesque tile dome. Wood structure that is painted white. Supported by four columns with gilt trim and accented by a final. Circ...

20Thc Copper & brass flying geese weather vane.This Canadian goose weather vane is a latter version of the 19thc weather vane.

Made from found industrial objects, this face takes on different looks at every angle. A wedge, sprockets, gears are adhered to a found painted steel plate to complete this "Flatlay Face" Jim Rose Flatlay Face No. 05, 2021 found industrial objects 4.50h x 10.75w x 10.75d in 11.43h x 27.30w x 27.30d cm JR0299 Jim Rose b. 1966, d. 2023 Bio Born in Indiana, Jim Rose lived in Europe until he returned to the United States to attend college. After one year at Bard College, Jim transferred to the School of the Art Institute in Chicago (SAIC) where he graduated in 1988 with a BFA. His skillful interpretation of the Shaker design is a result of intense research and field study of Shaker furniture, architecture, culture and history. After over two decades of dedicated work, he has mastered the minimalism of the Shaker technique and created his own unique visual vernacular. The quilts of Gee's Bend have become a monumental influence taking this artist's work to new levels of unique interpretation and artistry. His selection of aged steel results in a patina directly related to that of aged wood while his colored strips beautifully mimic worn cloth. Each piece of furniture is masterfully made and intended for daily use. Jim Rose’s steel furniture is featured every year at SOFA Chicago for the past 25 years. Jim Rose b. 1966, Wisconsin Education 1989 B.F.A., Sculpture, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL 1988 Student at Large, Welding Technology, Triton College, Chicago, IL 1985 Undergraduate Photography Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York Awards 2008 Wisconsin Arts Board Fellowship Award, Madison, WI. 2005 Elizabeth R. Raphael Founder’s Prize, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA 2003 Grant Recipient for Shaker Interpretations in Cast Iron, PA Arts Assoc / WI Arts Board 2003 Arts/Industry Residency Program for Visual Artists, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin Solo Exhibitions 2017 New Work, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 2012 Simply Steel, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI 2007 Variation, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2003 New Work, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2001 Shaker in Steel / New Work, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2000 Shaker in Steel / New Work, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 1999 Hands and Heart to Steel III, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL National Exhibitions 2017-2018 SOFA Chicago – Gallery Victor Armendariz 2016 - 1995 SOFA Chicago, New York, Palm Beach - Ann Nathan Gallery 2011 - 2002 Art Chicago - Ann Nathan Gallery Group Exhibitions 2017 Coming Attractions: Inaugural Exhibition, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 2017 Living with Art: The Newman Collection, 108 Contemporary, Tulsa, Oklahoma 2016 Form Follows Function: The Intersection of Art and Craft, The Hardy Gallery, Ephraim, Wi 2015 NEO, Chipstone Foundation, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI 2015 ICFF, Furniture Society, Javits Convention Center, New York City, NY 2013 Vahki Revisited, The Enduring Spirit of a Craft Collection” Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa, AZ 2013 Fearless Furniture, Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites, Indianapolis, IN 2013 Inaugural Exhibition, Museum Wisconsin of Art, West Bend, WI 2012 Sitting Pretty: Furniture from RAM’s Collection, Racine Art Museum, WI 2011 Hiding Places: Memory in the Arts, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, WI 2010 Living with Art, Strohl Art Center, Chautauqua Institution, NY 2009 Summer in Wisconsin, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 2009 High Honors, James Watrous Gallery, Madison, WI 2008 Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary, Museum of Art and Design, NY 2007 Transformation 5: Contemporary Works in Found Materials, Art Association, Jackson, WY 2007 Transformation 5: Contemporary Works in Found Materials, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX (traveling exhibition) 2006 Show us Your Drawers, Herron School of Art, Indianapolis, IN 2006 Marriage of the Minds, Fairfield Center for Contemporary Art, Sturgeon Bay, WI 2006 27th Annual Contemporary Crafts, Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa, AZ 2006 Containers of All Dimensions, Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa, AZ 2005 Transformation 5: Contemporary Works in Found Materials, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA 2004 Right at Home: American Studio Furniture, Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. 2004 American Collections, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI 2004 More Than Drawers-Wisconsin Cabinets, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI 2004 Objects of Wonder, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI 2003 Planting, Potting and Pruning, Wustum Museum of Fine Art, Racine, WI 2003 Men at Work, Miller Art Museum, Sturgeon Bay, WI 2002 Case Pieces: Contemporary Studio Furniture, Elvehjem Museum of Art, Univ of WI-Madison 2002 Sitting Pretty: Contemporary Wisconsin Chairs, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI 2001 Anything with a Drawer - Award Recipient, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ 2001 23rd Annual Contemporary Crafts - Award Recipient, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ 2000 New Talent in Craft, Wustum Museum of Fine Art, Racine, Wisconsin 2000 Who Knows Where or When, Wustum Museum of Fine Art, Racine, Wisconsin 1999 The End is Near! Artists look at the 20th Century, Wustum Museum of Fine Art, Racine, WI Selected collections Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa, Arizona The Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin Kohler Company, Kohler, Wisconsin Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites, Indianapolis, Indiana The Chipstone Foundation, Fox Point, Wisconsin Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, Wisconsin Publications “Selected Artists of Door County” Stonehill Publishing, 2016 “Galvanized Chest” Door County Living Magazine, Autumn 2012 “100 Artists of the Midwest” Schiffer Books, 2012 “Piecework” American Craft Magazine, February 2012 “Hiding Places, Memory in the Arts” John Michael Kohler Arts Center, June 2011 “Second Lives, Remixing the Ordinary” Museum of Arts and Design, NY, August 2008 “Studio Furniture” Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, DC, May 2008 “Discoveries by Designers” Architectural Digest, December 2005 “Contemporary Metal Furniture” Metalsmith Magazine, Winter 2003 “Studio Case Furniture: The Inside Story” American Craft Magazine, October 2002 “Contemporary Studio Case Furniture: The Inside Story” Elvehjem Museum of Art, 2002 “Chicago Style...

Primitive general store floor bin for the storage of 100lbs. of coffee. Solid planks of pine with painted design of Jersey Coffee. This would make a great trash can or storage of any...

This 19th century American solid brass ship steering wheel was, more than likely, from a yacht. Fishing and commercial boats were more inclin...

A pair of custom-made hand-gilt classical pagoda models. Hand painted white columns and minor trim features. The roof, top, and lower fence of the model have a wonderful hand gilt sh...

Original "Recording" studio lighted box sign dating from the 1970s. The box is made of metal and front sign is made of an opaque cream plastic with slender red lettering. The piece i...

A beautiful 19th-century Spanish Colonial Mexican Folk Art ex-voto retablo lámina painting featuring a crucified Jesus Christ, angel, or saint (possibly Saint Sebastian who was a Rom...

Fantastic hand crafted carved wood horse pull toy. Possibly made from scraps of wood during the Depression Era resembling a Trojan Horse of sorts. Carved pine. There are few nails us...

Presented is a unique commemorative collage, celebrating the 1948 U.S. presidential election between Harry Truman and Thomas Dewey. This one-of-a-kind collage features a Harry Truman signed...

19Thc Applique quilt with very fine quilting and fine applique work. This quilt comes from Pennsylvania. The condition are very good with minor fade in the border.

Native Aztec Music Dance Drum Pedestal Hand carved Wood Drum 32.5 h x 15.75 diameter Unrestored original vintage condition Refer to images shown.

Antique Carved Sperm Whale, circa 1900, a fine and early hand carved figure of a sperm whale with carved and painted detail to open jaw, in original black paint with highlights. A ve...

Late 19th Century Large Painted Folk Art Hobbyhorse with Sea Glass Eyes. America, 1880-1900. Measures: 26.5" H, 33" W, 11" D

19Thc Early schoolhouse quilt from Pennsylvania in pristine condition.This quilt was found in Lancaster County,Pennsylvania.The turkey red schoolhouses are quite bright ,with no fading.

USA, Vintage "Delectable Mountains" quilt. Measures: H 200 x W 200 cm.

Pair of Evans Factory canvasbacks Item Number: Y606A Pair of Evans Factory canvasbacks. Original paint, hand carved, glass eyes. Were used in Wisconsin. Almost complete wing paint remains. One bottom carved W.E.T. Assume the hunter. Period: Early 20th century Origin: Wisconsin, United States Size: to scale Dimensions: 15" x 5" x 6". Family Owned & Operated Cisco’s Gallery...

Copper, brass and aluminium Parrot on a hoop hanging stand attributed to Sergio Bustamante, circa 1960, Great vintage conditions.

The Following Item we are offering is a STUNNING AND RARE Framed Lovers in Courtyard Scene featuring 18th/19th Century Men and Women adorned in Lavish and Colorful Clothing sitting i...

Compote measure approx -5.5diameter x 7.5 high Each piece of fruit and the nut measure roughly 1.5 inches each.Total of twelve pieces of stone fruit.

19Thc Wool log cabin doll quilt from Pennsylvania in fine condition.This comes from a private collection.

Nineteenth Century '55' wood sign. Old wood relief sign with wonderfully weathered gold and black paint. A nice accent piece or if your address just happens to be 55 Main Street, Any...

Mid Century folk art mountain landscape oil painting on artist's canvas board - unframed - initialed lower right - Canada - circa 1956. Good vintage condition - no loss - no apparen...

This 20th-century American Folk Art masterpiece is a life-size Canada goose that captures the essence of rural creativity and cultural heritage. Its outstretched wings, crafted from ...

Collection of (3) Native American Folk Art Children's Toy Canoes most likely made between the 1940's and 1950's. Two of the Folk Art Children's Canoes were made from Birchbark, while...

Large Vintage Native American South West style Coral turquoise Necklace A double string of Large high quality natural red coral beads with turquoise and natural elongated pearls Vint...

Neuclosis by Antonio Grediaga Kieff, signed and numbered 2/6 This extraordinary work of art is expertly crafted in bronze and features a unique abstract form. The sculpture stands o...

Snow Man by Antonio Grediaga Kieff, signed and numbered 3/9 This extraordinary work of art is expertly crafted in bronze and features a unique abstract form. The sculpture stands on...

Pre Columbian Colima Dog Ancient West Mexico Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima Ancient Mexico C 200 BC –400 AD A attractive seated Colima dog v...

175 years ago this was created as a fountain that worked on water and counter weights. The elephant can now be plugged in and runs on dry land using a motor, cables and gears. The he...

OSKAR - Vintage floral still life oil painting on artist's canvas board - signed and dated - unframed - Canada - circa 1975. Excellent vintage condition - no loss - no damage - no r...

Jim Rose, known primarily for his steel furniture, was an avid collector and scoured salvage yards for unique, interesting items. Here he has welded together various metal pieces to...

Very cool California "Adopt a Freeway" freeway sign with a bright orange sun at the top and a road lined with trees in the foreground. The metal sign is cut out to the shape of the i...

This 19th-century American folk art game board is a quintessential example of the ingenuity and aesthetic appeal found in traditional American crafts. Composed of alternating walnut ...

Original "On Air" studio lighted box sign dating from the 1970s. The box is made of metal and front sign is made of plastic that is painted in an emerald green with bold opaque cream...

A beautiful collection of eight antique clothes irons / sad irons. They are oval-shaped and feature a cast iron base with a detachable wood handle. Ma...

Native American Pueblo Indian drum. Featuring blackened stretched hide on top and bottom. Sides with red strip across center framed my complementar...

Native American Pueblo painted drum. Black hide on tops and bottom with faded coloring on sides and lattice woven hide straps securing drum top and bottom together. Carved out of a c...

Black clay ceramic mezcal jug from Coyotepec, Oaxaca, circa 1950´s. Rare mezcal jug used for ceremonial or festive reunions. Decorative, leaf markings can be seen around the neck are...

Vintage Folk Art Sea Horse Hooked Rug, circa 1960, featuring a family of three variously sized and colored sea horses swimming against a variegated bl...

Native American Pueblo Indian drum. Natural toned top and bottom. Sides yellow, red, blue and white, arranged in a pleasing geometric pattern. Tops...

This remarkable 19th-century American Folk Art vessel, expertly carved from a natural burl to resemble a horse's hoof, is a quintessential example of Folk Art's imaginative and uncon...

Very rare large size salesman sample skiff boat, circa 1865; hand carved out of a single piece of wood (perhaps maple) with Victorian period black print stenciling to the side in inc...

This amazing 19thc hand applique and hand quilted Afro-American pictorial quilt is in fine condition. It is most unusual the pictorial appliqued birds,people and other animals resemb...

Folk Art Hand Made Simplex 1909 Model Car in Copper and Brass, United States, 1940s. This is really something very special. A one-off model car, made by a skilled craftsman around t...