20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Period: 20th Century
Color: Beige
Folk Art Gate in form of a Face
Located in Darnestown, MD
One of a kind iron gate in the shape of an elongated face. It would be functional as a gate but would also be terrific hung indoors as a piece of outsider art.
The movable earrings...
Category
American 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Iron
Sister Corita Kent 70's Serigraph with E.E. Cummings Poetry
By Sister Corita
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Sister Mary Corita Kent (1918-1986) was known for her text-based pop influenced printmaking that conveyed her activism and spiritually-informed social...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Paint
Terracotta Sculpture by Barbara Tribe, St Ives, 1960s
By Barbara Tribe
Located in London, GB
Terracotta sculpture call "TOTEM" signed and dated by Barbara Tribe, 1966.
Barbara Tribe (1913-2000) was a Australian-born sculptor who spent much of her life living and working in St Ives (Cornwall UK).
She was the first sculptor and the first woman artist to be awarded the coveted New South Wales Traveling...
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English Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Earthenware
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...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Fabric
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
American Vintage 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wood, Fabric
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...
Category
American 20th Century 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...
Category
American 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
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Mosaic Panel of the Bicentennial in New York Harbor, 1978
Located in Camden, ME
A large mosaic panel artwork representing the bicentennial celebration in New York harbor on the evening of July 4, 1976.
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Napoleonic Folk Art Calligraphy Drawing
Located in Greenwich, CT
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Stephen JM Palmer Jesus with Hands Outsider Art Painting
Located in Santa Monica, CA
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Moses Ernest Tolliver (July 4, 1918-20 – October 30, 2006)
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Embroidered Needlework Graffiti
Located in Darnestown, MD
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