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Outsider and Self Taught Art For Sale
Period: 1930s
Period: 1940s
Vintage Hand Carved Folk Art Walking Cane with Red Bird
Located in Seguin, TX
Vintage circa 1940s hand carved Folk Art cane by Fritz Rummler (1888-1983) Fredericksburg Texas. Branch of a tree carved into a bird with his feet...
Category
1940s American Folk Art Vintage Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wood
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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Category
1930s British Victorian Vintage Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Leather
American Folk Art Cowboy and Horse Whirligig
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Tall one of a kind cowboy and horse spinning whirligig American Folk Art piece. Most likely from a larger folk art environment. Sheet steel constructi...
Category
1940s American Folk Art Vintage Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Iron, Sheet Metal
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...
Category
1930s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Paint, Paper
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)...
Category
1930s American Folk Art Vintage Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Cotton, Wood, Paint
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.
Category
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...
Category
1930s Vintage Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Tin
Tramp Art Jewelry Box with Pincushion Top
Located in NYC, NY
A handcrafted dresser or jewelry box with hinged pincushion lid and applied, chip-carved decoration. The interior with framed mirror on underside of lid and papered in a purple and w...
Category
1940s American Vintage Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wood, Mirror
"God Bless America" Patriotic Piece of Folk Art
Located in Seattle, WA
Wonderful patriotic piece of Folk Art. Red, white and blue wall shelf featuring hand-carved eagle and painted stars and stripes.
Category
1940s American Vintage 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
Folk Art Ship from World War-II
Located in Dallas, TX
Folk Art Pacific Princess Ship made by sailors from World War-II
Made with matches and other wood and paint.
Category
1940s Vintage Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wood
Make do Stool
Located in Seattle, WA
Muslin covered barrel trimmed in tape measure. Great little Folk Art piece that was used as giant pincushion and stool for home seamstress.
Category
1940s American Vintage Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wood, Fabric
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Early 20th Century Folk Art English Whirligig/Weathervane Figure
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Nautical Folk Art Hand Carved Wooden Whimsy
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Vintage Sulky and Rider Folk Art Weather Vane, 1940s
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Iron
46-Star American Flag, Antique Printed on Silk, Early 20th Century
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is an original 46-star American parade flag, printed on silk. Each star represents a state in the Union at the time. The official flag design would update every July 4th, to inc...
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Early 1900s American Antique Outsider and Self Taught Art
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Silk
Early 20th Century Leather Clown Shoes Popeio Carnival Fairground Circus
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A pair of leather clown shoes of unusual proportions, early 20th century in age.
By repute from the clown known as Popeio, who worked with the R...
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Early 20th Century Belgian Edwardian Outsider and Self Taught Art
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Leather
Early 20th Century French Marquetry Game Box, Backgammon, Checkers
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This French walnut marquetry folding game box from the early twentieth century is for checkers and backgammon. It is finely constructed with dovetailed corners, inset hinges, and a l...
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Early 20th Century French Outsider and Self Taught Art
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Leather, Felt, Fruitwood, Pearwood, Walnut
Folk Art Hand-Carved Wood Witch Weathervane
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Hand-carved Folk Art witch weathervane found in the northeast. Very nicely carved thick Folk Art weathervane with layers of heavy original paint surf...
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1930s American Folk Art Vintage Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Keystone Pressed Steel Toy Steam Shovel
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous and a survivor of almost 100 years old. A very decorative piece to lighten a room and inject some fun. Very chic. In excellent antique condition with lots of patina. Door fo...
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1920s American Industrial Vintage Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Steel
American Folk Art Carved Cat Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
A whimsical and bold 20th century American Folk Art cared wood sculpture depicting a stylized seated cat with a long neck, expressive face, and a beautiful chip carved surface. It cr...
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20th Century American Folk Art Outsider and Self Taught Art
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Antique Folk Art Ornately Carved Wooden Picture Frame with Birds & Flowers
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This ornately hand-carved picture frame is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from Eastern Europe, and date to approximately 1920 and done in a Folk Art style. The frame is co...
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Early 20th Century Unknown Folk Art Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Softwood
Mid 20th Century Folk Art Cowboy Rodeo Whirligig
Located in Nantucket, MA
Mid 20th century Folk Art cowboy Rodeo Whirligig, circa 1940s to 50s, comprising four carved and painted cowboys mounted on horseback riding in a circle a...
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Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Outsider and Self Taught Art
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Copper
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Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century Hand Carved Folk-art bird figures
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Tramp Art Notched and Layered Cigarette Box with Slide-Off Top American, c. 1930
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Tramp Art Box of pyramid form, notched and layered wood from cigar boxes, with the original light and darker brown and black paint surface, with a slide-off top, American, ca. 1930. ...
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Materials
Softwood
H 5 in W 7.5 in D 7.5 in
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
Located in London, GB
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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1930s German Folk Art Vintage Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Pine
Early 20th Century Hand Carved Oak Folk-Art European Wagon Cart Panel
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century hand carved oak folk-art European wagon cart panel
We are proud to offer a highly unusual piece of early 20th Century hand carved a...
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1930s German Folk Art Vintage Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Oak, Paint
Amazing Clown Shoes
Located in London, GB
The amazing clown shoes
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Rare South African Folk Art Carved Storyboard Panel, circa 1930s
Located in Peabody, MA
A rare relief carved and pigmented wooden storyboard panel detailing events of the late 19th and early 20th century related to South Africa’s Zulu history and the Boer Wars. Atop this folk art panel, dated 1937, is a depiction of two heroes of the Transvaal, Paul Kruger...
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1930s South African Folk Art Vintage Outsider and Self Taught Art
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Wood
Folk Art Halloween Display Pumpkin Form
Located in London, GB
Folk Art Halloween display pumpkin form
We are proud to offer a unique example of a mid-20th century handcrafted folk-art Halloween display pumpkin. Constructed of metal segment she...
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1940s British Folk Art Vintage Outsider and Self Taught Art
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Tin
English Folk Art Mr. Bear
Located in London, GB
The Folk Art Mr. Bear
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English Scratch Built Life-Size Robot Folk Art Man
Located in London, GB
This lot is a highly unusual and quite amazing example of an early 20th century, naïve life-size Folk Art robot man. He is hand carved, shaped and bolted together using sectioned pie...
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1930s British Folk Art Vintage Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wood
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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1940s Folk Art Miniature Parthenon on Walnut Pedestal
Located in Chicago, IL
Walnut display pedestal topped with miniature 1940s Folk Art pantheon. Pedestal has Masonite roof, and both pieces are in overall good condition. Pantheon is missing one column.
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1940s American Folk Art Vintage Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Walnut, Paint
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