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Outsider and Self Taught Art For Sale
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Period: 1930s
Early 20th Century Apprentice Shoes
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century Apprentice Shoes A rare and delightful pair of leather early 20th Century hand crafted apprentice shoes. One of the smallest examples we have seen to date. ...
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1930s British Victorian Vintage Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Leather

Outsider Art Hand-Carved "Shotgun Wedding" Tableau
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Crude hand-carved and painted wedding party figures (bride, groom, officiant - likely a preacher, and witness - presumably the father of the bride)...
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1930s American Folk Art Vintage Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Cotton, Wood, Paint

Gouache Contemporary Portrait Painting of a Woman Helen Wagner Malta 1930s
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
An early contemporary still-life Gouache portrait painting of a woman. On paper, this piece depicts a seated woman reclining in a pigmented blue chair. Her hair is short and dark and she wears a red dress. This sketch was created by Helen Wagner Malta and is signed at the bottom right in black ink "Helen Wagner" before her marriage. Her later works are signed "Helen Wagner Malta". Helen Wagner Malta was born in 1912 and worked in New York City in the 1930s teaching at the Harlem Art...
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1930s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Paint, Paper

Folk Art "Standing Man" Carved Tree Branch Sculpture After Giocometti
By Giocometti
Located in Buffalo, NY
Charming little tree branch Folk Art sculpture hand-carved in the manner of Giocometti.
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1930s Unknown Folk Art Vintage Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Wood

Early 20th Century English Scratch Built Toleware Horse and Cart Model
Located in London, GB
“Where thers muck thers money” Early 20th century English scratch built toleware horse and cart model A wonderful example of a unique Folk Art scratch-built horse and cart model. This item is made from metal sheets, toleware and old enamel advertising signs. It would likely have been placed on a shop counter to obtain donations from customers. The carts cover...
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1930s Vintage Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Tin

18th Century Wooden Dairy Bowls
Located in Copenhagen, K
Very nice hand-carved 18th century dairy bowls made out of the rootwood. Some are later painted and som of them stamped with years and name.
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18th Century Danish Folk Art Antique Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Wood

Art Deco Cubist Sculpture, circa 1930
Located in Houston, TX
Whimsical Art Deco patinated metal cubist sculpture, figure, or cardholder, circa 1930s. A fabulous Art Deco Folk Art sculpture!.
Category

1930s Unknown Folk Art Vintage Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Metal

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1930s Dada Photomontage Collage in the Style of Hannah Höch
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Early 20th Century, Antique Wooden Rocking Horse
Located in Leuven , BE
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Early 20th Century British Outsider and Self Taught Art

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Early 20th Century, Antique Wooden Rocking Horse
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H 35.44 in W 35.44 in D 16.15 in
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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Carved Wood Chain
Located in Chicago, IL
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Early 20th Century French Marquetry Game Box, Backgammon, Checkers
Located in Fayetteville, AR
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Folk Art Choppers, Set of Five, circa 1780-1820
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Late 18th Century American American Colonial Antique Outsider and Self Taught Art

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Early 20th Century Scratch Build Fairground Amusement Arm
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century scratch build fairground amusement arm We are proud to offer an unusual English fairground sculptural object, In the form of a fully extendable hand carved scratc...
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Erzgebirge German Folk-Art Candle Holder Figure
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Erzgebirge German folk-art candle holder figure A rare early 20th century hand carved folk-art Erzgebirge German miner soldier candle holder figure. made from pine and still with al...
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Amazing Clown Shoes
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Danish 18th Century Folk Art Tape Loom
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English Scratch Built Life-Size Robot Folk Art Man
Located in London, GB
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Hand Carved Oak English Folk-art Gentleman Figure, circa 1930
Located in London, GB
Hand carved oak Folk Art Gentleman Figure, circa 1930 For sale in this lot is a unique circa 1930s–1940s oak figure of a gentleman, made from carved oak this folk-art statue shows...
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18th Century English Rushlight
Located in London, GB
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18th Century English Rushlight
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