North American Folk Art

Jim Rose Standing found industrial objects 41h x 10w x 10d in 104.14h x 25.40w x 25.40d cm JR0355 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...

Dana Claxton: Fringing the Cube by Grant Arnold, Monika Kin Gagnon and Olivia Michiko Gagnon. Figure 1 Publishing, Vancouver, 2019. 1st Ed hardcover. Know...

Pair of 1930s original painted cast iron elephant bookends. The condition is very good and are unsigned.

Indian baskets in fine condition. Selling as a collection. Small Papago measures - 3 inches in diameter by 4 inches tall large papago measures - 10 ...

A late classic small (child's) blanket.

This fine folk art 18thc hand carved rooster ,sculpture sits on a board /stand.This fine sculpture has a wonderful red wash painted surface & several shrinkage cracks from natural ag...

Collection of seven Walla Walla prison made bits. All silver overlaid but unique from each other with various techniques and designs. In the 19th Century f...

Unsigned. Attributed to the American Itinerate Painter Sheldon Peck on stylistic grounds. The sharp delineation of facial shadows and the familiar 'fluer ...

This amazing 19thc burl compote is in very good condition from a private collection.

Very rare and unusual piece, a sterling silver "note holder" fronted by an Indian Chief on the front in high relief. A bale on top provides for a necklace and hanging as a decorative piece of jewelry. Other decoration on the front includes a tomahawk and a peace pipe criss-crossed beneath the Indian. The back is plain with a decorative "repousse" floral border, and "sterling" clearly marked in the lower left (see image). It is 2 7/8" high  x 2" wide resembling and in the style of a match safe; probably manufactured by Unger Bros. of Newark, New Jersey, circa 1880, but difficult to observe all of the surfaces because of the frontal "notes" in permanent place. A note holder would have been used to write down reminders and/or notations by the user; the surfaces appear to be a celluloid type material. Condition is excellent with six notes intact; a very slight "crease" to the back side; hardly noticeable (see image). Appropriate Americana for the discerning collector with a Western Native American...

This is the most unusual metal Folk Art arrangement of flowers in a urn in the form of a basket planter. The condition is very good. Great look on a mantel or bookshelf. Wonderful ol...

AL Malaikah vintage Masonic Shriner iconic burgundy wool Fez hat with original box. Al Malaikah, legion of Honor vintage fez hat from the Los Angeles ...

Barton Lidice Benes (November 16, 1942 – Hackensack, New Jersey – May 30, 2012 – New York) was an artist who lived and worked in New York City. He studied at Pratt Institute, Brookly...

This matching set of four 19thc sponge ware mush cups and saucers are in pristine condition.Many different shades of blues.Found in Pennsylvania private collection. Sold as a set of Four cups...

Triple pulley ships block in old paint showing lots of character. Mid nineteenth century. Circa 1860.

R. S. MACDONALD (Unknown/Unidentified Artist) - 'Raven Stealing the Sun' - Aboriginal colored pencil drawing on paper - original metal frame with single matte board and glass - title...

A fine, signed Native American silver small fork. By the Hopi silversmith, Benjamin Mansfield. In sterling silver. With inlaid black geometric decoratio...

Six foot Atlantic tuna with 'Nantucket Fish Market' painted decoration in blue letters. Distressed finish. Carved details include fins, gills, eyes, snout, etc. Fitted with iron hang...

CAST IRON BOOT JACK, MADE FOR THE 1864 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF GENERAL GEORGE B. MC CLELLAN, WITH A FANTASTIC SLOGAN THAT READS "THE UNION AT ALL HAZZARDS" Made for the 1864 presidential run of George B. McClellan, this cast iron bootjack is both rare and graphically exceptional. Displaying the original black-painted surface, with attractive and desirable patina, the stylized profile has a wonderful folk art quality. Molded block letters that wrap around the heel clasp read simply "Gen. Mc Clellan. These are accompanied by a prominent Civil War-associated slogan: "The Union at all Hazards." The text is intermingled with 34 stars, which was equivalent to the number of states during the opening two years of the war, but was one star short by mid-1863 and two stars short by the time of the actual election in 1864. It's not unusual to encounter this feature in civil war campaign parade flags as well as all manner of flag-related ephemera. The iron was reportedly cast by G. & D. Cross of Morrisville, New York, though it is unsigned and I have not yet verified the attribution. I have seen two other examples, one of which had a broken and repaired tine on the U-shaped horns and newly painted surface, while the other appeared to have broken lifters and inferior, rusted patina. This is, hands-down, the best of the identified examples. Brief History of the 1864 Campaign: President Abraham Lincoln had a checkered relationship with his 1864 opponent, who he had formerly chosen as General-in-Chief of the entire Union Army. The career officer repeatedly knocked heads with his Commander-in-Chief. Having raised a well-trained and organized military force, McClellan often seemed reluctant to use it. By 1862, after losses in Virginia during the Peninsula Campaign, Lincoln grew frustrated with McClellan and the progression of the war and removed him from command. By the early part of 1864 the American people shared some of the same frustrations and Lincoln was no longer the clear choice for the White House. The nation was tired of war and the remains of the Democratic Party...

Unique Folk Art chess / checker board composed of a handmade, burgundy velvet quilt with beige, white and gold stitched accents, all housed within a glass-fronted oak frame (ca. 1910...

Ceramic sculpture of a seated female figure. Unglazed terracotta with beautiful texture. Signed T.A.W. and believed to date to the mid-20th century. Measures: 8.5" tall and 8" long.

(1896-1975) Portrait painting of Chief Red Cloud Sioux by Louis Shipshee on hide mounted on board. Very nice painting by a great artist. Period: Mid ...

This is a welded steel sculpture made by furniture creator Jim Rose. It is sustainable design created from salvaged and recycled steel panels left over from his larger projects. Thes...

Dick Seeger large-scale sculptures, circa late 1980s. Seeger created a series of large-scale creatures all with saw horses on the interiors as foundations with papier mâché atop. The...

Set of Six Contemporary Art Oil Paintings Each Measure Approx. 24 x 24 x 1.5

Northwest Coast polychrome totem with multiple bird figures atop a turtle. Hole drilled for clamp. Well painted and carved with bright colors of red, black, blue, white, and brown on...

Vintage Grenfell type hooked wool tapestry on burlap backing - likely intended as a cushion cover (unfinished) - hand worked with dramatic colors - unsigned - Canada - circa 1980's. ...

A wonderful and rare/scarce early 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 Memphis Group, an international design movement that came out of Italy during the 1980s (1980-1988), and specialized in postmodern furniture, lighting, fabrics, carpets, ceramics, glass, and metal objects. This beautifully decorated and glazed honey pot is signed (with Shire's customary "Made in Echo...

19th century oval sponge ware pottery platter. Great for serving food or fruit.

JOHN R. WATTS (Unknown/Unidentified Artist) - Folk art watercolor and gouache landscape painting on paper - graphite highlights and shading - unframed - signed and dated lower right ...

Native American Washo basket in very good condition. Great form and patina.

Stunning vintage sketch of the unfinished head of Michelangelo piece. Done as a study by an artistic

Made with oak staves, handle, mahogany base and attached brass ears, in excellent condition. The poem on the label reads” I was made in Nantucket, I’m strong and stout. Don’t lose me or burn me and I’ll never wear out", which was a poem handed down by Mitchy Ray. Made by Sherwin Porter Boyer, (1907-1964). Sherwin Boyer was one of the first generation of Nantucket basket makers in the “purse” period, starting in the late 1940s and working up until his death in 1964. A contemporary to Jose Reyes...

Circa 1800, we offer this rare antique Ships Wheel. made in wood and forged steel. Very rare and ancient piece Ideal for the collector of antique nautical objects.

This 19th century pine sorting table has an old surface and a tin liner that is original. At one time the legs would fold up but has been made stationary and sturdy. It has all the o...

This cool cress alphabet game board is round and red ground. It is also dated 1926 with a chalk board on the front of the game board. Children pictures on the reverse of the board as...

Fabulous tin litho car toy from Louis Marx, circa 1930. Fabulous paint with some paint chips and scrapes but no rust or dents. Clockwork mechanism works ...

A vibrant early highway-era relic, this original 1920s "TOURISTS" sign is cast in heavy metal with bold silver lettering inset with original glass cat-eye reflectors, all mounted to the original red painted backer. Made by J.F. Bingham of Nashua, New Hampshire, these directional signs guided travelers to lodging and camps in the early days of motor tourism. Each reflector still shines brightly under direct light, while the paint has aged beautifully with surface patina and wear. A rare survivor with undeniable character—perfect for cabin, garage, or collection display. 🧾 Item Details: • Material: Cast metal, paint, glass reflectors • Dimensions: 36" × 10" • Era: 1920's • Manufacturer: J.F. Bingham, Nashua, NH 📌 Condition: Excellent display condition with all reflectors intact. Original paint with scattered surface wear and minimal scuffs. Sign shows minimal areas of light edge wear. Structurally sound with no cracks or breaks. 📍 Collector’s Note: Bingham-made reflector signs...

19Thc Pennsylvania stamp nine patch crib quilt. Calico print fabric and indigo calico ground. This crib quilt was found in Pennsylvania.

Hand made wooden bowling balls with thumb and finger grips carved out of the wood. Slightly varying size and patina for each ball as well as some being painted blue while others are ...

This original painted black and white trade sign reads Reserved for district. This cool one sided sign was probably from a old vintage court house.

Unusual, and quite amusing Mexican terracotta doll figure with articulated limbs. Since it is solid terracotta it is likely this is a mold from which other dolls were made. As a folk...

This very large and well executed hand carved pine sculpture was done is unsigned, but believed to have been done in Quebec Canada in approximately 1850 in the period Early Victorian...

Presenting a lovely early 20c mounted duck decoy heads 2. This consists of 5 Duck Decoy heads from circa 1920 mounted on a wooden plinth. This piece came from a wealthy estate in Dallas, TX with the mansion being built by a stockbroker in 1929. He was an avid ‘duck hunter...

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...

Navajo Indian eye dazzler weaving pillows - pair. Off white Chenille backing and zippered shams. Down and feather inserts. Measures: 18 x 17.

This fine mini pieced delectable small dolls quilt is in amazing condition.Its all in a polished cotton and hand sewn on lavender cotton linen.Then mounted...

Circa 1940. We offer this Antique Articulate Artist's Mannequin made in wood and brass tripod.

Eight pieces Mush cup & saucer sponge ware collection of eight cups and saucers in mint condition. Great addition for a Americana collector. Each Mush Cup measures 6.75 deep x 5 ...

Vintage still life oil painting on board depicting a pitcher and a bowl of lemons on a checkered towel. Nicely done in confident technique with balanced composition, good color, and ...

Mexican Indian weaving pillows with black linen backings. In very good condition. Sold as a pair.

This double sided word game is signed and dated 1917 by the maker. Pat dates 3/13/1917 9/18/1917.

A beautiful 19th-century Spanish Colonial Mexican Folk Art ex-voto retablo lámina painting featuring Mother Mary with the infant Jesus Christ (faded and now almost a ghost-like figur...

This fine hand carved out mango wood log and in fine condition.The bottom is signed by the artist : CR -MANGO WOOD in fine condition.The patina is amazing.

An exquisitely crafted, rich wood charger by American master Woodturner Bob Stocksdale. Signed and marked ("Bubinga from Africa") by the artist on th...

These amazing Greek key striped Indian weaving bolster pillows have a thick coco cotton linen backing. The condition is pristine. They are down & feather fill inserts. Sold as a pair.

This Signed Victoria 1986 watercolor is in fine condition and great frame original to the piece of art.

Navajo transitional pillow. Handmade pillow with front made of brown and black leather with strip of Navajo 1880's transitional weaving down center...

Solid brass Perko air vent. Highly polished ventilator cowl from a boat. Nine inch diameter vent opening. Base is six inch diameter. Twelve inches tall with base flange pierced for f...

Santa Clause large light bulb. The condition is in very good.