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Navajo Sterling Spirit Dancer by Tobey Henderson
Located in Litchfield, CT
This spectacular sterling figure of a Navajo spirit dancer by renowned Navajo silversmith Toby Henderson is highly detailed, circa 1980s, by Toby Henderson, Dine-Navajo, American. Heavily worked and excessively concha stamped, it is the perfect way to connect with the spiritual world through Dine art! Excellent condition.
Remarks: "Bring the balance of self and universe into your home."
Size: 5 1/2 inches high by 2 inches wide
Weight: 88.7 grams
Hallmarks: TH below a partial sun, maker's mark for Tobey...
Category
North American Native American Vintage 1980s Folk Art
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage Neon "YOU" Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage neon sign, spelling Y - O - U. handcut metal channel letters with hand bent neon glass. Just over 6 feet long when lined up horizontally. Double r...
Category
American Vintage 1980s Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Peter Simpson Signed British Uk Studio Pottery Bowl Organic Nature Form Vessel
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful free-form organic bowl vessel by acclaimed British potter Peter Simpson.
Simpson's works, such as this early piece, are inspired by organ...
Category
English Modern Vintage 1980s Folk Art
Materials
Porcelain
Arizona Wood Hiking Trail Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unique vintage trailhead sign. 6.5 feet long and 1.5 feet tall. Wooden sign from Davenport/ Sears Loop Trail in Horseshoe dam, Arizona, a remote section of the Mazatzal's that sees little use. Sign indicates with arrows "SEARS TRAILHEAD 1/4," "DAVENPORT TRAILHEAD 2 1/2," and "SHEEP BRIDGE 10." Light brown background with white lettering and border. Small sticker on top left corner reads "The willful defacing or removal of forest service...
Category
American Vintage 1980s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage 1980s Jim Pruitt Hand Carved Mahogany Female Figurative Large Sculpture
Located in San Antonio, TX
This hand carved figurative sculpture is in overall good condition. Hand chiseled texture. Mahogany. Made by local artist Jim Pruitt, a well-known San Anton...
Category
American Post-Modern Vintage 1980s Folk Art
Materials
Mahogany
Jun Kaneko Signed Monumental Art Studio Pottery Ceramic Wall Sculpture Charger
By Jun Kaneko
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly breathtaking work by renowned Japanese born ceramic master Jun Kaneko. Kaneko studied with Peter Voulkos, Paul Soldner, and Jerry Rothman and was exposed to such artist as Ken Price and John...
Category
American Modern Vintage 1980s Folk Art
Materials
Paint, Ceramic, Stoneware
1981 California Highway Lodging Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Massive vintage California lodging sign. Large blue sign with white lettering and white trim. Letters and trim have reflective pieces. Great coloring and condition. Fantastic piece o...
Category
American Vintage 1980s Folk Art
Materials
Steel
Albert Chubac, Collage, circa 1980, France
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Albert Chubac, Composition,
Collage and cutout, gouache,
Signed lower right,
circa 1980, France.
Measures: Height 29 cm, width 17, depth 3 cm (without frame).
Albert Chubac was bo...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Italian Modernist Black Iridescent Murano Glass Sculpture in the Shape of a Head
By Ernesto Purisiol, Alfredo Rossi
Located in New York, NY
Amazing modern head in an ethnic design inspired by the Easter Island statues, very expressive mouth-blown sculpture in black Murano glass worked ...
Category
Italian Organic Modern Vintage 1980s Folk Art
Materials
Blown Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
Albert Chubac, Mobile, circa 1980, France
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Albert Chubac, Mobile,
Collage and cutout, gouache,
Signed,
circa 1980, France.
Measures: Height 15 cm, width 15 cm, depth 3 cm (without frame).
Albert Chubac was born in Geneva...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Folk Art
Materials
Paint
"Amérique du Sud Des Pays et des Hommes", South America Hardcover Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
”Amérique du Sud Des Pays et des hommes” book.
South America - Countries and People - tome 1
Amérique du Sud tome 1: Vénézuela, Colombie, Equateur, Pérou, Bolivie, Chilie
Des pays...
Category
Guatemalan Folk Art Vintage 1980s Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Albert Chubac, Collage, circa 1980, France
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Albert Chubac, Composition,
Collage and cutout, gouache,
Signed lower right,
circa 1980, France.
Measures: Height 15 cm, width 15 cm, depth 3 cm (without frame).
Albert Chubac wa...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Stoneware Glazed Ceramic Vase circa 1980 French Handmade
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
French handmade ceramic vase with ceramic glaze colors,
circa 1980.
Perfect condition.
Signed under the base.
Dimensions: 23 x 19 x 19cm.
Category
French Vintage 1980s Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Large Ceramic Pottery Vase Realized by Josette Miquel Handmade Folk Art
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Josette Miquel
French handmade pottery vase realized circa 1980 by French artist Josette Miquel.
Elegant bird and board decoration.
Stoneware c...
Category
French Modern Vintage 1980s Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Set of Three Retro Design Carpets/Rugs, 1980s
Located in Praha, CZ
- Made in Czechoslovakia
- Made of synthetic fabric
- Loop adjustment rugs
- Cleaned
- Dimension of smaller carpet are 137 x 67 cm
- Very good, original condition.
Category
Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Folk Art
Materials
Synthetic
Albert Chubac, Collage, France, circa 1980
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Albert Chubac, Composition,
Collage and cut-out, gouache,
Signed,
circa 1980, France.
Measures: Height 89 cm, width 73.5 cm, depth 3 cm.
Albert Chubac was born in Geneva in 1920. ...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Abstract Ceramic Wall Panel by French Artist Jacqueline Paul Dauphin, circa 1980
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Important ceramic wall panel
Realized by French artist Jacqueline Paul Dauphin for an exhibition in La Borne in 1980.
She Shared is studio with French sculptor Yves Mohy
Signe...
Category
French Vintage 1980s Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Albert Chubac, Collage, circa 1980, France
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Albert Chubac, Composition,
Collage and cutout, gouache,
Signed,
circa 1980, France.
Measures: Height 89 cm, width 73.5 cm, depth 3 cm.
Albert Chubac was born in Geneva in 1920. A...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Untitled, Purvis Young Mixed-Media Painting, 1980s
By Purvis Young
Located in Miami, FL
Abstract mixed-media work by artist Purvis Young. Folk Art portraying bleeding and pregnant figures in a crowd, policemen on horseback and large blue eyes. Young used eyes as symbols...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1980s Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Paint, Reclaimed Wood
Signed Fred Crosson Indian Chief Oil Painting
By Fred Crosson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine oil painting of a Indian chief is in a custom made contemporary gilded wood frame. This listed artist Fred Crosson painting is also dated 1981 and in fine condition.
Category
American Adirondack Vintage 1980s Folk Art
Albert Chubac, Collage, circa 1980, France
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Albert Chubac, Composition,
Collage and cutout, gouache,
Signed lower right,
circa 1980, France.
Measures: Height 62 cm, width 55.5 cm, depth 3 cm.
Albert Chubac was born in Gene...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Albert Chubac, TOTEM Sculpture, circa 1980, France
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Albert Chubac (1920-2008), TOTEM sculpture,
Unique piece,
Iron and plexiglass,
circa 1980, France
Measures: Height 110 cm, width 21 cm, depth 32 cm.
Albert Chubac was born in Gene...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Collection of 5 Sculptural T-Shirt Vases
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Interesting set of 5 ceramic T-shirt vases. Great sculptural item. Excellent vintage condition. Set includes two large and three small. Great piece of art.
Category
Canadian Vintage 1980s Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Monovolumen Student Art Work
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1980s wood truck by student at the woodworking class in the early eighties in Italy.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
African Bantu Art, Expressive, Surrealistic Gouache by Marcel Gotène 1980s
Located in Salzburg, AT
The famous painter, Marcel Gotène (Icon of the contemporary Bantu art)
combines surrealistic impressions with modern tapisserie elements.
Born in 1935 in Yaba, Republic of Kongo - d...
Category
Congolese Modern Vintage 1980s Folk Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
Albert Chubac, Collage, circa 1980, France
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Albert Chubac, Composition,
Collage and cutout, gouache,
Signed,
circa 1980, France.
Measures: Height 89 cm, width 73.5 cm, depth 3 cm.
Albert Chubac was born in Geneva in 1920. A...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Albert Chubac, Collage, circa 1980, France
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Albert Chubac, Composition,
Collage and cutout, gouache,
Signed lower right,
circa 1980, France.
Measures: Height 62 cm, width 55.5 cm, depth 3 cm.
Albert Chubac was born in Genev...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Albert Chubac, Collage, circa 1980, France
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Albert Chubac, Composition,
Collage and cutout, gouache,
Signed,
circa 1980, France.
Measures: Height 89 cm, width 73.5 cm, depth 3 cm.
Albert Chubac was born in Geneva in 1920. A...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Albert Chubac, Collage, circa 1980, France
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Albert Chubac, Composition,
Collage and cutout, gouache,
Signed,
circa 1980, France.
Measures: Height 89 cm, width 73.5 cm, depth 3 cm.
Albert Chubac was born in Geneva in 1920. A...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Water Painting by Guy Vandenbranden, Belgium, 1989
Located in Brussels, BE
Water painting by Guy Vandenbranden, Belgium, 1989.
Category
Belgian Vintage 1980s Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Albert Chubac, Collage, circa 1980, France
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Albert Chubac, Composition,
Collage and cutout, gouache,
circa 1980, France.
Measures: Height 89 cm, width 73.5 cm, depth 3 cm.
Albert Chubac was born in Geneva in 1920. After stu...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Patrick Danion, Painting, Acrylic on Wood, 1987
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Patrick Danion, painting,
Acrylic on wood, signed, 1987, France.
Measures: Height 107 cm, width 88 cm.
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Folk 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 Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Black Rubber Figural Sculpture in the Manner of Chakaia Booker
By Chakaia Booker
Located in New York, NY
You don't see this every day...figural black rubber sculpture in the manner of Chakaia Booker (American, 20th century) kneeling with a Horn, made from w...
Category
American Vintage 1980s Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Albert Chubac, Collage, circa 1980, France
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Albert Chubac, Composition,
Collage and cutout, gouache,
Signed,
circa 1980, France.
Measures: Height 89 cm, width 73.5 cm, depth 3 cm
Albert Chubac was born in Geneva in 1920. Af...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Oil on Canvas by Guy Vandenbranden, Belgium, 1984
Located in Brussels, BE
Oil on canvas by Guy Vandenbranden, Belgium, 1984.
Category
Belgian Vintage 1980s Folk Art
Materials
Paint
African Bantu Art, Expressive, Surrealistic Gouache by Marcel Gotène
Located in Salzburg, AT
The famous painter, Marcel Gotène (Icon of the contemporary Bantu art)
combines surrealistic impressions with modern tapisserie elements.
Born in 1935 in Yaba, Republic of Kongo,...
Category
Congolese Modern Vintage 1980s Folk Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
Signed Colorful Folk Art Lifesize Jester Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
Nearly six feet tall, this one-of-a-kind sculpture is created from carved wood and vibrant multicolored lacquer. Bright reds, blues, greens, yellow, orange and black. Signed "J.A. Bi...
Category
American Vintage 1980s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Large Vintage Los Angeles Street Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great vintage Los Angeles street sign. Reflective material with black plastic lettering and large green circle. Cool piece of art.
Category
American Vintage 1980s Folk Art
Materials
Steel
Dick Seeger Sculptural Creature Artworks
By Dick Seeger
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Dick Seeger large-scale sculptures, circa late 1980s. Seeger created a series of large-scale creatures all with saw horses on the interiors as foundations with papier mâché atop. The...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
"Cantonese Iron Kung Fu" Ghanaian Movie Poster, c. 1985
Located in Chicago, IL
Starring Bryan Leung, "Cantonen Iron Kung Fu" was a martial arts film from Hong Kong made in 1979. Frequently, theaters in Ghana were unable to import off...
Category
Ghanaian Vintage 1980s Folk Art
Materials
Paint, Paper
Handblown Gold Flecked and Fused Black Murano Glass Carnivale Masks
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of Murano glass carnivale masks. Handblown and molded gold flecked black cased glass with infused colorful circular details.
Category
Italian Vintage 1980s Folk Art
Materials
Murano Glass
Set of Two Original painted African Tribal Carved and Painted Art Pieces
Located in Markington, GB
Set of two African tribal carved out of solid wood and painted art pieces.
Category
African Tribal Vintage 1980s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Large Oil on Board by David Hosie
By David Hosie
Located in Little Burstead, Essex
Very large oil on board by this important Glasgow artist, signed lower right.
Born 1962.
We have been in contact with David and he has told us that this work was one of a series of...
Category
Scottish Modern Vintage 1980s Folk Art
Monumental Bill Clinton Sculptural Head
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Monumental sculptural head of President Bill Clinton. Made out of foam, paste and hand-painted. Able to be worn on the head. Looks great as a free floatin...
Category
American Vintage 1980s Folk Art
Materials
Paste, Foam, Paint
Patrick Danion Painting, Acrylic on Wood, Signed, circa 1987, France
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Patrick Danion, painting (born 1950 on Paris).
Acrylic on wood, signed DANION 87 IX,
circa 1987, France.
Measures: Height 92 cm, width 75 cm, depth 4 cm.
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Folk Art
Materials
Acrylic
Hanne Dreutler for Studio Arhus, Glass Art Object, Sweden
Located in Den Haag, NL
Hanne Dreutler for Studio Arhus, glass object, Sweden.
Category
Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Folk Art
Materials
Art Glass
Joan E. Gardner Massive Painting 'Signed'
By Joan Gardner
Located in East Hampton, NY
"Now You Are One of Us" by Joan Gardner in 1984, beautiful vivid colors and thick texture. This is a large scale artwork. Gardner is a multi-media artist based in Connecticut.
Joa...
Category
American Vintage 1980s Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Concrete Mushroom, 1980s USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Petite concrete mushroom from the 1980s. Fantastic patina from years of outdoor use. Great design with a curved stem and an angled mushroom canopy. M...
Category
American Vintage 1980s Folk Art
Materials
Concrete
Mid-Century Modern Mother and Child Marble Stone Sculpture, Kenya, c. 1980's
Located in Deland, FL
Introducing a heart-warming abstract sculpture depicting a parent with child in embrace. Hand-carved in solid marble by a Kenyan artisan this exquisite, petite sculpture is the perfe...
Category
Kenyan Folk Art Vintage 1980s Folk Art
Materials
Marble
Painting on Wood Panel by Mose Tolliver
Located in San Antonio, TX
"Pairatoe ThuSA" (title is difficult to decipher) painting on wood panel by American artist Mose Tolliver (1925-2006), signed on the bottom lower left. Mose Tolliver is considered one of the most highly regarded American self-taught artists. Starting in the 1960s, Tolliver began painting, hanging his work in his front yard, selling them for a few dollars each. He signed them "Mose T," with a distinctive backward "S." Today, many of those paintings are valued in the thousands of dollars.
His paintings hang today at the American Folk Art Museum in New York, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, the Milwaukee Art Museum, the Smithsonian Institution and the New Orleans Museum of Art.Tolliver's work has been shown at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts and placed at the forefront of the art world by being included in the exhibition, Black Folk Art...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1980s Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Vintage Abstract Female Figure Sculpture in the style of Henry Moore
By Henry Moore
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful female form sculpture in the style of sculptor and artist, Henry Moore. Museum and gallery worthy and so unique that would complement p...
Category
American Expressionist Vintage 1980s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
James Johnston Signed Mid-Century Angular Design Vase, Ceramic, Signed
Located in Stamford, CT
James Johnston signed mid-century angular design vase, ceramic
Signed on underside.
Category
Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
15 Foot Fair Play Basketball Scoreboard, 1980s
By Fair Play
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Monumental vintage basketball scoreboard by Fair Play, made in the 1980s. Extremely unusual size with the player stats on both sides. Gre...
Category
American Vintage 1980s Folk Art
Materials
Aluminum
Murano Glass Head / Face Sculpture / Art Glass
Located in Buffalo, NY
Murano glass head / face sculpture / art glass, modernist design.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Folk Art
Materials
Art Glass
Peter Shire EXP Signed Ceramic Pottery Splatter Mug Cup Sculpture, Dated 1984
By Peter Shire
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic work by famed Los Angeles (Echo Park), California based artist Peter Shire who was a founding member (along with Italian designer Ettore Sottsass and others) of The Memphis Group, an international design movement that came out of Italy during the 1980s (1980-1988), and specialized in postmodern furniture, lighting, fabrics, carpets, ceramics, glass, and metal objects.
This work is from the early 1980s and is signed with Shire's "Made in Echo Park" "(Echo Park Pottery...
Category
American Post-Modern Vintage 1980s Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Peter Shire EXP Signed Ceramic Pottery Splatter Mug Cup Sculpture, Early 1980s
By Peter Shire
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic work by famed Los Angeles (Echo Park), California based artist Peter Shire who was a founding member (along with Italian designer Ettore Sottsass and others) of The Memphis Group, an international design movement that came out of Italy during the 1980s (1980-1988), and specialized in postmodern furniture, lighting, fabrics, carpets, ceramics, glass, and metal objects.
This work is from the early 1980s and is signed with Shire's customary "EXP Pottery" (Echo Park Pottery...
Category
American Post-Modern Vintage 1980s Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Peter Shire EXP Signed Ceramic Pottery Splatter Mug Cup Sculpture, Early 1980s
By Peter Shire
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic work by famed Los Angeles (Echo Park), California based artist Peter Shire who was a founding member (along with Italian designer Ettore Sottsass and others) of The Memph...
Category
American Post-Modern Vintage 1980s Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
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