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Place of Origin: North American
Woodstock Era Titillating Avant-Garde Collage Assemblage
Located in Ferndale, MI
Are you avant garde or derriere? A slightly bawdy assemblage speaking to women's sexual liberation of the 1960s.
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern North American Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Paper, Wood

Hand-Painted Screen Door Modernist Art Deco Contemporary Folk Art, C.Moore
By Charles Moore 1
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wonderful, hand-painted screen door, fantasy-like, Depicting Buffalo, New York Central Terminal, train station, complete with Deco terminal, building, ai...
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21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco North American Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Metal

Vintage Abstract Expressionist Oil Paintings on Masonite
By (after) Jackson Pollock
Located in New York, NY
Series of 5 abstract expressionist painting each on a Masonite board. These paintings were purchased from an estate in Westchester NY, they date from the 1960s or 1970s they are well...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist North American Outsider and Self Taught Art

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Masonite

Vintage Southern Folk Art Figure
By Craft and Folk Art Museum
Located in San Francisco, CA
Very kool piece of folk art. I am not exactly sure how old, but from bottom of base I would guess 1st quarter of 20th century. It is all wood and depicts what ...
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1920s Folk Art Vintage North American Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Wood

Tall Abstract Cubist Portrait Painting of a Woman in Pink and Black, Signed
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A striking skinny portrait painting of a woman. This piece is tall and skinny and depicts a woman in pink and purple on a matte black background. The lines are cubist or abstract in ...
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20th Century Modern North American Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Paint, Paper

Bright Bold Postmodern Cubist Abstract Portrait Painting, Signed
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A fabulous piece for the Postmodern art lover. This piece features cubist lines, bright bold colors and wonderful texture. It depicts a portrait of a figure, and is titled “Japanese Hair Salon...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern North American Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Paint, Paper

Outsider Art "Animal Parade" Oil on Panel by Bruno Del Favero
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Circa 1970 oil on panel depicting a traveling pack of animals by acclaimed outsider artist, Bruno Del Favero (b. Italy 1910, d. USA 1995). Fine example sho...
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1970s Folk Art Vintage North American Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Paint

Outsider Art "Animals and Castles" Oil on Panel by Bruno Del Favero
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil on panel by acclaimed outsider artist, Bruno Del Favero (b. Italy 1910, d. USA 1995), circa 1970. Fine example showcasing Del Favero's aptitude for creating fantastical landscapes. Contrasting oxen / bulls and flamingos with a castle backdrop creates an imaginary context removed from reality. Del Favero's marriage of fantasy and whimsy beautifully suits his Naïve painting style. Singed on verso. Bio from the Philadelphia Museum of Art: Born Princeton, Michigan, 1910; died Greenwich, Connecticut, 1995 Bruno Del Favero moved from Michigan to northern Italy with his parents at age five, returning in 1928 and settling in Greenwich, Connecticut, where he married and remained for the rest of his days. He made his living as a mason, chauffeur, and landscape gardener. It is not known exactly when or why he began to paint his delicate and mysterious landscapes, but he was exhibiting in local art shows by the early 1970s and took himself seriously enough as an artist to join the Greenwich Art Society. He maintained a studio in the basement of his home, but never shared his art with his wife and five children. After the artist's death his family introduced his work to New York dealers Shari Cavin...
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1970s Folk Art Vintage North American Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Paint

Authentic Clair Seglem Tall Portrait Painting of a Woman on Blue
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A tall portrait painting of a woman with a flower in her hair. This piece was painted by the late Oklahoma artist Clair Seglem and is well known for his ...
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20th Century Bohemian North American Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Paint, Paper

Outsider Art "Man in Carriage" Oil on Panel by Bruno Del Favero
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil on panel depicting a man in a horse-drawn carriage by acclaimed outsider artist, Bruno Del Favero (b. Italy 1910, d. USA 1995), circa 1970. Fine example showcasing Del Favero's ...
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1970s Folk Art Vintage North American Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Paint

"A + L" Car & Jacket by Patrick Fitzgerald
By Patrick Fitzgerald
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald uses his works as a means of resurrecting the idyllic worlds he once found in the Industrial surroundings of his youth. Raised in Grand Rapids...
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21st Century and Contemporary Industrial North American Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Wood, Paper

Hot Pink Portrait Painting of a Woman, 1970s
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A hot pink portrait painting of a woman by Clair Seglem. Found in the late artist’s studio, this piece is thought to have been painted by Seglem in the 1970s. The subject of the painting is a woman wearing a large floppy oversize hat...
Category

1970s Bohemian Vintage North American Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Paint, Paper

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...
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1940s Vintage North American Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Wood, Mirror

Old Paint Folk Art Spool Shelf
Located in Seattle, WA
Wonderful very functional spool shelf. Very well-made, great color.
Category

19th Century Antique North American Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Metal

Outsider Art "Indian and Caravan" Oil on Panel by Bruno Del Favero
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil on panel by acclaimed outsider artist, Bruno Del Favero (b. Italy 1910, d. USA 1995), circa 1970. Fine example showcasing Del Favero's aptitude for cre...
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1970s Folk Art Vintage North American Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Paint

Outsider Art Wood Sculpture with Geometric Appliques
Located in Chicago, IL
Detailed and eye catching outsider art "found" wood sculpture. Constructed from floor moldings and cut paper geometric appliques. Unsigned.
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1970s Folk Art Vintage North American Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Wood

20th Century Block Print
Located in Denton, TX
20th century framed block print.
Category

Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern North American Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Wood, Paint, Paper

Original Untitled Hard Edge Abstract Painting by Billy Criswell, circa 2004
Located in Glendale, CA
Original untitled hard edge abstract painting by Billy Criswell, circa 2004. Executed in paint and pencil on a wood framed canvas with artists signature on back. Purchased directly f...
Category

Early 2000s Mid-Century Modern North American Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Wood, Canvas

Outsider Art "Deer and Houses" Oil on Panel Landscape by Bruno Del Favero
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil on panel by acclaimed outsider artist, Bruno Del Favero (b. Italy 1910, d. USA 1995), circa 1970. Fine example showcasing Del Favero's aptitude for creating fantastical backdrop...
Category

1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Paint

Outsider Art "Hunters" Oil and Acrylic on Panel by Bruno Del Favero
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil and acrylic on panel by acclaimed outsider artist, Bruno Del Favero (b. Italy 1910, d. USA 1995), circa 1970. Fine example showcasing Del Favero's skill at layering textures along with an aptitude for creating fantastical landscapes. Adding out of place animals (in this case, a lion and a tiger) to an otherwise believable countryside setting for a deer hunt, creates an imaginary context removed from reality. Del Favero's marriage of fantasy and whimsy beautifully suits his Naïve painting style. Signed on verso. Bio from the Philadelphia Museum of Art: Born Princeton, Michigan, 1910; died Greenwich, Connecticut, 1995 Bruno Del Favero moved from Michigan to northern Italy with his parents at age five, returning in 1928 and settling in Greenwich, Connecticut, where he married and remained for the rest of his days. He made his living as a mason, chauffeur, and landscape gardener. It is not known exactly when or why he began to paint his delicate and mysterious landscapes, but he was exhibiting in local art shows by the early 1970s and took himself seriously enough as an artist to join the Greenwich Art Society. He maintained a studio in the basement of his home, but never shared his art with his wife and five children. After the artist's death his family introduced his work to New York dealers Shari Cavin...
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1970s Folk Art Vintage North American Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Paint

"Lady in a Striped Dress" by Allan Winkler
By Allan Winkler
Located in Chicago, IL
Although this whimsical sculpture by Allan Winkler has the look of outsider art, this ceramic work stems from the art school-trained artist’s interest in...
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21st Century and Contemporary North American Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Ceramic

Hand Crocheted Child's Skirt
Located in Charleston, SC
A hand crocheted child's skirt exhibited at the Monroe, North Carolina Agricultural Society in 1908. The cotton yarn is crocheted into a zigzag pattern in...
Category

Early 1900s Antique North American Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Cotton

"Man in Green Shirt" by Allan Winkler
By Allan Winkler
Located in Chicago, IL
Although this whimsical sculpture by Allan Winkler has the look of outsider art, this ceramic work stems from the art school-trained artist’s interest in...
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21st Century and Contemporary North American Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Ceramic

Wooden Tramp Art Sculpture
Located in Dallas, TX
Wonderful Wooden Decorative Tramp/Outsider Art Sculpture,
In the form of an architectural tower,
made of 100's of interlocking pieces of hand-carved wood,
withou...
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19th Century Folk Art Antique North American Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Wood

Linda Semple "Time to Make Something" Folk Art Sculpture
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A wonderful outsider art sculpture by the noted artist Linda Semple. This piece is titled "Time to Make Something". It probably dates to the 1990's. It is titled and signed on the ba...
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20th Century North American Outsider and Self Taught Art

Anonymous Abstract Geometric Painted Board
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Bold geometric abstract board found in Texas. We have a collection of these boards from an anonymous artist. Painted on recycled cupboard doors, table tops, stool tops and bread boar...
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1950s Folk Art Vintage North American Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Wood

Fabric Collage Floor Screen by Rose Lautman
Located in Hanover, MA
Rose Lautman, worked exclusively in fabric collage with a meticulous hand and a fine needle. Rose's artwork was exhibited in galleries primarily in Sara...
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Fabric

Torch Cut Brutal Sculpture
Located in Denton, TX
1970s metal freestanding sculpture very organic.
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20th Century Brutalist North American Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Metal

W. Beaupre Gold Chain Android Bust
By William Beaupre
Located in New York, NY
Stunning futuristic android bust by W. Beaupre. Bust is embellished with intricate gold chain, pearls and vintage jewelry findings. The atte...
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20th Century Modern North American Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Other

Contemporary Colorful Nude Chalk Sketch of Women circa 1960 Signed Ball
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Portrait landscape chalk sketch of two nude women posing in front of a window with outlines of foliage and chairs and table. The subjects have dark brown or black hair, one tied with...
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Mid-20th Century Bauhaus North American Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Paper

Folk Art Sputnik Bowling Ball Sculpture
Located in Seattle, WA
Bowling ball impaled artistically with assorted metal items great piece of Folk Art for table or shelf.
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1970s Vintage North American Outsider and Self Taught Art

"Drafting Car" by Patrick Fitzgerald
By Patrick Fitzgerald
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald uses his works as a means of resurrecting the idyllic worlds he once found in the Industrial surroundings of his youth. Raised in Grand Rapids, MI, he looks to the raw beauty and inherent potential of his manufacturing hometown as an endless source of creative inspiration. Working from found materials, Fitzgerald constructs miniature versions of soap box cars...
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21st Century and Contemporary Industrial North American Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Wood, Paper

"Jubilee Car" by Patrick Fitzgerald
By Patrick Fitzgerald
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald uses his works as a means of resurrecting the idyllic worlds he once found in the Industrial surroundings of his youth. Raised in Grand Rapids...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary North American Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Wood, Paint, Paper

"Cut-Rate Liquor Car" by Patrick Fitzgerald
By Patrick Fitzgerald
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald uses his works as a means of resurrecting the idyllic worlds he once found in the Industrial surroundings of his youth. Raised in Grand Rapids...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary North American Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Wood, Paper

Outsider Artist Mixed Woods Chair Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
Consisting of lighter and darker woods laminated together for strength and geometry, this handmade chair sculpture had to have been a work of art brut. Round seat back echoed in the ...
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1960s Vintage North American Outsider and Self Taught Art

Norman Scott "Butch" Quinn Paddle Fish Folk Art Sculpture
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A 1996 Folk Art sculpture by the noted Outsider Artist Norman Scott "Butch" Quinn titled Paddle Fish. The piece is titled on front and signed and dated on the base. The sculpture has...
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1990s North American Outsider and Self Taught Art

Jig Saw Puzzle Shelf in the Style of Nicola L
By Nicola L.
Located in New York, NY
Groovy cut-out laminate wood two-tier shelf, after Nicole L. This example shows some cosmetic wear including a white paint spot on the back bottom shelf, and one formed drip protrusi...
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1960s Post-Modern Vintage North American Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Plywood

Special Tramp Art Box of Drawers
Located in Mt Kisco, NY
An especially sweet four-drawer hand-carved "tramp art" box. The top is decorated with a symbolic heart and arrow, a common design element in Tramp Art. The drawers are embellished with porcelain knobs. Carved ladies boots...
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Late 19th Century Folk Art Antique North American Outsider and Self Taught Art

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Wood

"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.
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1940s Vintage North American Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Wood

American Folk Art Tool Museum Sign 1950 Tool Assemblage
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Wentworth Tool Museum sign assembled with scrap tools and hardware. Assemblage include many wrenches, drill bits, saws and scissors. Heavy iron constructio...
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art North American Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Iron

Anonymous Abstract Geometric Painted Board
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Bold geometric abstract board found in Texas. We have a collection of these boards from an anonymous artist. Painted on recycled cupboard doors, table tops, stool tops and bread boar...
Category

1950s Folk Art Vintage North American Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Wood

Pair of Outsider Art Painted Ironing Boards by Michael Heinrich
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Two painted ironing boards by the noted Woodstock NY artist Michael Heinrich. One of the boards is monogrammed MH. These are acrylic on much older wood ironing boards. These are wond...
Category

Late 20th Century North American Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Paint, Wood

Outsider Art Santa Claus, Acrylic On Paper.
Located in Chicago, IL
Just in time for the season, an outsider art child like Santa Claus painting done in acrylic on brown paper. Framed in a red lacquered wood and g...
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Late 20th Century North American Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

19th Century American Hooked Rug
Located in Van Nuys, CA
American hand hooked wool rug of brightly colored floral bouquet on oval, pale gray background, framed in black wool surround, with small floral ...
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19th Century Aesthetic Movement Antique North American Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Burlap, Wool

velvet trimmed tramp art box
Located in Seattle, WA
charming tramp art box with mirror held by carved tab
Category

Early 20th Century North American Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Wood, Fabric, Mirror

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 Vintage North American Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Wood, Fabric

Matched Pair of Cat Carvings by Linvel Barker, Kentucky
By Linvel Barker
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
Linvel Barker was a retired metalworker turned folk artist. He didn't start carving until 1984 and he would rough out the shapes on a band saw and his wife wo...
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1990s Folk Art North American Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Wood

Carved and Painted Six Whale Species Board Made by Nantucket Whaler, circa 1940
By Captain George Grant
Located in Nantucket, MA
Made by George Grant of Nantucket (1857-1942). Grant, the son of whaling captain Charles Grant, was born in 1857 during a whaling voyage. His mother, ...
Category

Early 20th Century Folk Art North American Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Pine, Paint

Pair of Black Smith Art Sculptures of a Bicyclist and a Hunter, circa 1900s
Located in New York, NY
Fabulous pair of hand-forged iron sculptures from a black smith, circa 1900s of man on a bicycle with a cigar and a hunter with his dog, bird and gun. T...
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Early 20th Century Folk Art North American Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Iron

Tramp Art Cabinet, Signed by Michael Lavery
By Michael Lavery
Located in NYC, NY
Fine and large tramp art cabinet signed 'Michael Lavery' and dated '98' on reverse (shown in Image #9) in whitewash paint. Certainly one of the fines...
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Late 20th Century North American Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Wood

Early 20th Century, Model Barn or Garage, circa 1910-1930
Located in Van Nuys, CA
A wooden architectural model in original paint of a garage or barn structure, likely used as a child's play object, with a single door and ...
Category

Early 20th Century American Craftsman North American Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Paint, Scrap Wood

Gyroflexaeon Wall Sculpture by Noted Woodstock Artist
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A most unusual wall sculpture or hanging by the noted woodstock artist Michael Heinrich. A Google search reveals nothing for his title. It is neverth...
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20th Century North American Outsider and Self Taught Art

Early 1990s Painting on Paper by the Group Artfux
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A wonderful graphic painting done by the group of six collaborative artists who organized this group in 1990. They worked with quite a few graffiti artists including Ron English. A b...
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Late 20th Century North American Outsider and Self Taught Art

Painted Silkscreen of John Lennon & Groucho Marx by Ron English
By Ron English
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A silkscreen on paper that has been painted over in acrylic or oil. It was done by Ron English as we have the same image signed done in different styles. This one is not signed or ma...
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Late 20th Century North American Outsider and Self Taught Art

Folk Art Candelabra or Sculpture
Located in Seattle, WA
Roller chain folk art candelabra, great with no candles as sculpture.
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20th Century North American Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Metal

"Batmobile"
By Louis Pagonis
Located in Hanover, MA
Apocalyptic vision of a race car inspired by the Batmobile meets Mad Max! Created by metal craft artist, Louis Pagonis. Signed by the artist.

This is a limited edition...
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21st Century and Contemporary North American Outsider and Self Taught Art

Rolled Newspaper Family by Fernandez
By Fernandez
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A spectacular group of larger than lifesize sculptures by the artist Fernandez. The sculptures are rolled newspaper painted and lacquered onto resin molds with iron bases. The artist...
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Late 20th Century Folk Art North American Outsider and Self Taught Art

Primitive Memoryware Table
Located in Seattle, WA
An exceptional example of the early 20th century folk craft, this Memoryware side table is embellished with all variety of found-object articles most likely the life-long possessions...
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Early 20th Century North American Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Shell, Wood

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