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Period: 1980s
Bicycle Model Midcentury Design "Itera" Plastic for Volvo, Sweden
By Volvo
Located in Antwerp, BE
In the current period where the bicycle is undergoing major development and provides a sporty displacement
is this very original green rare designed Volvo seventies bike a really collector's item.
In response to the 1974 oil crisis, a small group of Swedish engineers obtained government funding to develop a bicycle completely composed of fiber-reinforced composite plastics (FRP).
By 1980, the Itera Development Center AB was designing, producing, and marketing injection molded plastic bicycles to a seemingly interested market. The first bicycles were delivered in 1982, the problems with quality assurance and design began stacking up against the company.This bike is in a Vintage original condition.
The Itera bicycle...
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1980s Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Once Known as the Fish People 1986 Folk Art by Pat Mervis Schwartz
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Quite charming folk art assemblage by the noted artist Pat MMervis Schwartz. Dated 1986, signed and titled “Once Known as the Fish People”. It is i...
Category
American Vintage 1980s Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wood
Exceptional Wooden Heart
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Exceptional Wooden Heart made out of different layers of Wood,
refined and elegant design, very decorative object,
from an unknown Belgian Artist,from around 1980,
nice and warm colo...
Category
Belgian Vintage 1980s Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Plywood
Pair of Stephen Huneck Sheep Sculptures
Located in Chicago, IL
These two hand-carved sheep by Stephen Huneck capture everything that makes his work so beloved: warmth, whimsy, and an unshakable respect for rural life. One sheep stands tall with ...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1980s Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wood
Tatra Truck Model from 1980s
Located in Vienna, Austria
Tatra truck model, large dimensioned in steel.
The truck is made by a person, who worked his adult life for the company Tatra.
In his retirement he build of all the Tatra trucks a...
Category
Slovak Modern Vintage 1980s Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Metal
"Untitled" by Michael Paulson
By Michael Paulson
Located in San Francisco, CA
Michael Paulson, a California Artist, created woodblock prints and
works with cut paper. He received a fellowship from the National
Endowment for the Arts.
Category
American Vintage 1980s Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Paper
Charming Asian cut-out
Located in Evanston, IL
Charming and chic piece of art made by Canadian woman on her trip to China circa 1980
Category
Chinese Chinoiserie Vintage 1980s Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Paper
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