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Material: Wire
Framed Nude Portrait Painting of a Man in Gilt Wood on Board Untitled
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A framed portrait painting of a man in the nude on wood. With wonderful texture, and muted greens, beiges, and browns, this painting will be a...
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20th Century American Expressionist Wire Outsider and Self Taught Art

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Wire

Not Disturbing, Assemblage with Old Drill and Ceramic Figurine
By Rick Farrell
Located in Chicago, IL
A found object is a natural or man-made item, or fragment of an item that is found by an artist and kept because of some intinsic interest the artist sees in it. Beginning with Picasso, who incorporated newspapers and matchboxes into his cubist collages and constructions, this idea has been carried forward. It was popular with the Dada and Surrealist movements and with such great artists as Damien Hurst and Henry Moore. Here, artist Rick Farrell...
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2010s North American Folk Art Wire Outsider and Self Taught Art

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Metal, Wire

Female Bust Wire Art Sculpture
Located in Springfield, OR
Most certainly a one of a kind piece. A bent wire sculpture depicting a woman's head. Judging from the agr I would put this in the 1950s. Just a really fun piece of folk art to liven...
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1950s American Folk Art Vintage Wire Outsider and Self Taught Art

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Metal, Wire

Tribal Instinct, Outsider Artist Assemblage with Skull and Various Found Objects
By Rick Farrell
Located in Chicago, IL
A found object is a natural or man-made item, or fragment of an item that is found by an artist and kept because of some intrinsic interest the artist sees in it. Beginning with Picasso, who incorporated newspapers and matchboxes into his cubist collages and constructions, this idea has been carried forward. It was popular with the Dada and Surrealist movements and with such great artists as Damien Hurst and Henry Moore. Here, self-taught artist Rick Farrell...
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2010s North American Folk Art Wire Outsider and Self Taught Art

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Metal, Wire

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