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Harrison Mcintosh Signed Monumental Midcentury Large Ceramic Pottery Charger
Located in Studio City, CA
A very rare and early atomic themed or motif (a motif he would later come back to some years later) substantial charger by renowned American West Coast Californian master ceramist Ha...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Alaskan Lidded Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Native American Alaskan lidded basket. Featuring geometric butterfly and checkerboard designs around body in lid done in purple and red. Great piece for display or careful continued ...
Category
American Native American Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Amazing Oversize Marble Game Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is quite unusual and in wonderful neutral colors. The large oversize gameboard has a double black inner border. The custom-made iron base is very strong and sturdy. The conditio...
Category
American American Craftsman Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Marble
Antique Tribal Dance Shield, Tutsi, Rwanda
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Tutsi Ceremonial dance shield.
Rwanda-Burundi
Second quarter, 20th century.
Wood, natural pigment
Measures: 20” long x 7 1/4” wide x 4” deep (50.5 x 1...
Category
Rwandan Tribal Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage Marcel Catelein Place de la Concorde Original Painting
Located in San Diego, CA
Very unique and beautiful oil on canvas rendition by celebrated French painter Marcel Catelein. This original piece depicts the Place de la Concorde in Paris, featuring the fountain...
Category
French Expressionist Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Tribal Mid-20th Century Zulu Women's Red Cotton Hat, Isicholo, South Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Mid-20th century Tribal Zulu women's woven red cotton hat, Isicholo, from South Africa.
The unusual spiral weave on this cotton Isicholo makes this a beautiful and rare example of t...
Category
South African Tribal Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
$1,360 Sale Price
20% Off
Rare Mandau Sword Dayak Peoples of Borneo
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An exceedingly rare Museum Quality traditional Men’s Sword of the Dayak Tribal Peoples of Borneo, Indonesia. An older, traditional piece made from Carved Wood, Steel, Antler, Inlaid ...
Category
Indonesian Tribal Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Ere Ibeji Pair of Commemorative Figures, Abeokuta, Yoruba People Nigeria, 20th C
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Yoruba people have one of the highest incidents of twin births in the world. As a result, twin children are regarded as extraordinary, divine beings protected by Sango, the deity of ...
Category
Nigerian Tribal Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage Sharkoy Old Western Anatolian Turkish Sarkoy Carpet, Balkan Style Unique
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a vintage Unique Sarkoy (Sharkoy or Sarköy) Kilim rug from Western Turkey with a rare and beautiful color composition.
Sarkoy kilims are very finely woven in slitweave in a ...
Category
Turkish Kilim Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
Old Vintage Beluch Carpet, Cental Asian Baluch Beluchi Baluchi Baluchistan Rug
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a Central Asian Old Beluch ( also called Balouch, Balochi, Baluchi, Baluch, or Beluchi carpets) Carpet from the Baluchistan region with a rare and beautiful color composition and high-quality materials like; wool & dyes.
These carpets were woven by the nomads of the Baloch tribes. Baloch rugs...
Category
Turkmen Oushak Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
Mid-Century Ebonized Walnut W/ Genuine Bone Walking Stick w/ 14K Gold Inlay
Located in New York, NY
This highly sophisticated Mid-Century Modernist Walking Stick in Ebonized Walnut w/ Genuine Bone and 14K Gold Inlay Pommel Originates from Italy, Circa ...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Gold
Jean Miotte - Abstract composition
Located in PAU, FR
Painting on canvas by Jean Miotte from 1959
Abstract composition in India ink on canvas without frame (sent rolled).
Dated and signed by the artist.
Unframed: 42.5 x 33 x 1.5 cm
Category
French Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Rare Glass Pedestrian Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fantastic glass pedestrian street crossing sign. Great coloring. Excellent condition. Illuminates beautifully in sunlight.
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Elegant French Antique Color Paper Garland Sculpture circa 1930 Vintage Deco
Located in Barcelona, ES
Enhance your space with a captivating antique color paper garland sculpture. This exquisite piece, crafted in France circa 1930, showcases the timeless artistry of yesteryear.
Metic...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Mid-20th Century French Enameled Metal Sign for Cafe San Rivo in Sao Paulo
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This mid-twentieth century red and white enameled metal sign is double faced and promotes the Cafe San Rivo in Sao Paolo, Brazil. Below is marked Dep...
Category
Belgian Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Vintage Metal Men Working Sign
Located in Pasadena, CA
Vintage Metal Men Working Sign with original paint. The metal work is well done as closed 20 wide x 33 high x 2deep
While open and standing this item measures - 27d x 20w x 30h
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Antique Kazak Rug Old Hand Knotted Caucasian Caucasus Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is an antique Kazak Rug from the Caucasus region with nice color composition.
Kazak rugs have a strong folk influence on their design. They house big, bold, dominating geometri...
Category
Caucasian Oushak Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
Mid-Century Round Rope Mirror Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet
Located in Austin, TX
Round nautical rope mirror Audoux Minet, circa 1960.
Size: 18.3 inches diameter.
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Rope, Mirror
Antique Sarkoy Kilim Rug, Western Anatolian Turkish Carpet, Balkan Style Unique
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is an Antique Unique Sarkoy (Sharkoy or Sarköy) Kilim rug from Western Turkey with a rare and beautiful color composition.
Sarkoy kilims are very finely woven in slitweave in a...
Category
Turkish Kilim Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
Persian Pictorial Jaguar Animal Rug
Located in New York, NY
Mid-20th Century Persian Pictorial rug depicting a jaguar on a neutral field with colorful blue and pink accents on a narrow border.
Measures: 1'10'' x 2'3'' circa 1940.
Category
American Folk Art Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
20th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Landscape Painting, 1950s
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Italian painting from the mid-20th century. Framework oil on canvas depicting a river landscape with eighteenth-century architecture, characters and animals. Lacquered and gilded woo...
Category
Italian Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Folk Art 20th Century Carved Wood Man Holding a Beer Stein, Austria 1960s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Pine carving of a beer drinking man, 20th century Austria, he is holding his stein in one hand and straightened his jacket with the other. With a manufact...
Category
Austrian Black Forest Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Makonde Male Figure in European Dress African Art
Located in Sharon, CT
A beautiful modern piece of sculpture of a distinguished gentleman. Executed by a Makonde master carver in ebony. Well dressed, complete with cuffs, creases and shoes.
Category
South African Tribal Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Ebony
Ikat Textile from Timor Island with Stunning Naturally Coloured Dye, Indonesia
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This Ikat textile originates from the Island of Timor, Indonesia. It is hand-woven using naturally dyed yarns via a method passed on through generations. A wonderful textile with dis...
Category
Indonesian Other Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Yarn
Vintage Veracruz Figure Head on Wood Base Pre-Columbian Arts
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Historical art object.
Hand made clay figure head on solid walnut base.
It appears to have been glued to the base once. It sits loose but stable with wire.
Original vintage conditio...
Category
Mexican Pre-Columbian Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Clay
Tall Vintage Luba Figure African Arts
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Tribal art object.
Hand crafted wood with fiber.
Original vintage condition showing wear and patina consistent with age.
Presents well for collections and decor..
Category
Congolese Folk Art Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage Teke Figure African Arts
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Tribal art object.
Hand crafted wood with fiber.
Original vintage condition showing wear with patina consistent with age.
Presents well for collections and decor...
Category
Congolese Folk Art Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Trio of Vintage Masks Yombe + Dan Kran African Arts
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Tribal art objects.
Hand crafted wood.
Original vintage condition showing wear and patina consistent with age.
Presents well for collections and decor..
Category
Congolese Folk Art Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Hudson River Day Line by Donald C. Ringwald, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The Hudson River Day Line by Donald C. Ringwald. Berkeley, CA: Howell-North Books, 1965. 1t Ed hardcover with dust jacket. It was the premier steamboat line on the Hudson River from ...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Antique Vintage Rustic Folk Art Metal Farm Sign
Located in Stockbridge, GB
Antique Metal Farm Sign
An original metal hanging sign which would have hung at the entrance to Crosscombe Farm in Somerset, the sign is double sided with identical signage on both ...
Category
English Rustic Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Cut Steel
Pair of Mashiko Yaki Japanese Mid-Century Studio Pottery Yunomi
Located in Norton, MA
A very stylish Japanese Mashiko Yaki studio pottery Yunomi with stylized designs in panels set within a brown glazed body in the manner of Shoji Hamada an...
Category
Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Traditional Ethnic Woven Ajat Basket Borneo Indonesia
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Handmade ethnic aged Borneo Ajat basket made from natural Rattan. Motifs of Burung Kenyalang / Hornbill Bird.
Traditional ethnic Borneo woven natural organic fiber rattan basket
A ...
Category
Indonesian Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Antique Kurdish Runner Rug, Eastern Anatolian Turkish Carpet Multi Medallion
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is an Antique Kurdish Runner Rug from the Eastern Anatolia region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
Anatolian Kurdish rugs are handwoven rugs that originate from the...
Category
Turkish Oushak Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
Mid-Century Rope Barometer Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet
Located in Austin, TX
Rope barometer in a flower shape Audoux Minet, circa 1960.
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Richard Rohac Austrian Vienna Bronze Stylized Wading Bird Figure
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish Austrian Art Deco stylized bronze figure of a wading bird by Richard Rohac (Austrian, 1906-1956) made in Vienna in the early 1930’s. Rohac ...
Category
Austrian Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Folk Art Carved Gilt Wood Theater Facial Mask on Brass Base
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
2-342,Japanese Folk Art carved gilt wood mask on brass base.
Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Set of 4 Majolica Shells Cups & Saucers Circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
Set of 4 Majolica Shell cups & saucers Circa 1950.
All different colors inside.
Saucers / 5.2 by 4.2 inches
Cups / 4.5 by 3 inches.
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Industrial Wire Basket
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage industrial inspired wire basket.
Handcrafted from galvanized steel Inspired by the baskets originally used by farmers and fishermen.
Industrial design inspired by vintage ...
Category
Swedish Industrial Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Painting Signed J Beravas
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century oil painting on canvas over wood frame signed J Beravas.
Category
Unknown Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Paint
$1,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Bamileke Figurative Round Stool
Located in Chicago, IL
Marked by the telltale Bamileke rounded disc seat and base, this stool features a group of pondering human figures as its vertical supports instead of the more common abstract carvin...
Category
Cameroonian Tribal Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Laura Andreson Signed Monumental Glazed Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Pottery Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully crafted and beautifully glazed (in Fall greens and browns) large bowl/vase by renowned American potter Laura Andreson. Gorgeous in its Mid-Century Modern design and shifting colors.
Signed on the base by Andreson.
A quite special and rare work. Certainly, one of the best pieces of Andreson's work we have had the pleasure to come across. Highly collectible. Would be a great addition to any midcentury ceramics collection or a very eye-catching stand-alone work in about any setting.
Andreson, who studied under Glen Lukens, founded and headed the ceramics department at UCLA from 1933-1970. Her work can be found in many collections and museums worldwide including:
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Smithsonian Museum of American Art
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art
The Walker Art Center
The Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art.
Her exhibitions include:
1937 Rene Rosenthal Gallery, New York City, New York.
1938 First California Ceramic Exhibition, San Diego, California
1940 Honolulu Academy of Art.
1947 Eleventh National Ceramics Exhibition, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
1970 Fredric Art Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, California.
1970 Laguna Beach Art Gallery.
1971 Mills College Art Gallery, Oakland, California.
1971 Hoover Art Gallery, San Francisco, California.
1971 San Diego Fine Arts Gallery, San Diego, California.
1971 Utah State University, Logan, Utah.
1972 Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, California.
1972 Ceramics West, Utah State University, Logan, Utah.
1972 Ogden Art Center, Ogden, Utah.
1972 Bower Museum, Santa Ana, California.
1973 Utah Museum of Fine Art, Salt Lake City, Utah.
1973 Clay and Fiber Gallery, Taos, New Mexico.
1973 California Crafts VIII, Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento, California.
1974 California Ceramics...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Carved Wooden Milliners Head, Vintage Germany, circa 1960s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Adorable unique wood carved head. Germany, 1960s. Ideal decoration item, used in the displaying and making of hats. Hand carved from wood. Nice display piece in any room. Found at an...
Category
German Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Large Vintage Yellow Iron Facade Letter P, 1960s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This vintage industrial facade letter “P” was made during the 1960s in former Czechoslovakia and comes from an old facade inscription POŠTA. In czech language Post Office. The weight...
Category
Czech Industrial Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Ikat Textile from Timor Island with Stunning Naturally Coloured Dye, Indonesia
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This Ikat textile originates from the Island of Timor, Indonesia. It is hand-woven using naturally dyed yarns via a method passed on through generations. The dark background brings to life the array of coloured detailing and distinct tribal patterns. This textile is know as a "Tais" – meaning woman’s skirt...
Category
Indonesian Other Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Yarn
Early Ibibio Standing Wood Male Shrine Figure, powerful, Nigeria, Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early Ibibio standing carved wood male figure, powerful expression with hands on sides of stomach, exposed teeth and vertical raised scarification marks on sides of face. From a shr...
Category
Nigerian Tribal Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$2,360 Sale Price
20% Off
Zulu Wood Double Head Rest Stylized Human Figure, South Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Zulu carved wood double headrest with stylized human figure in middle, from South Africa.
In stylized human form within a pair of vertical columns, with triangle arms and legs and he...
Category
South African Tribal Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early Papua New Guinea Sepik Woven Raffia Talipun Mask With Pigments Custom Base
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early Papua New Guinea Sepik tightly woven raffia mask from a talipun bride price currency.
Areas of white, black and red pigments. Wonderful heart shaped face with open eyes and mouth.
This mask or face would have been tied to a large shell which was the currency used...
Category
Papua New Guinean Tribal Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Organic Material
ODK Norwegian Unusual Large Brutalist Lidded Studio Pottery Vessel
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A large and stylish unusual Norwegian brutalist studio pottery lidded vessel in the form of a tea or water pot with makers marks ODK to the base and believed to date from the mid-20t...
Category
Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
1960s Emil Milan Modernist Bird Sculpture Sumac Cabin Modern New Hope Era
By Emil Milan
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Well planned active sumac grain really enhances this sculpture.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$1,840 Sale Price
20% Off
Children’s Rattle Blocks
Located in New York, NY
Children’s Rattle Blocks. Square painted wood German children’s rattle blocks. Four wood painted blocks in yellow, red and green designed with an internal rattle element suitable for...
Category
German Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Large Yoruba Ritual Shrine figure Abeokuta Nigeria African Tribal Art
Located in London, GB
Large Yoruba Ritual Shrine figure Abeokuta Nigeria African Tribal Art
A rare exceptionally large male Cup bearer ritual shrine figure standing upright holding a cup in front
carv...
Category
Nigerian Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Adire Eleko Yoruba Textile
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Adire Eleko “Spinning Tops"
Woman’s Wrapper
Yoruba People
Nigeria
Circa 1960s-1970s
Cotton brocade (bazin cloth) (3 panels), starch-resist and stencil dyed with indigo
76 ¼ x 66 ½ ...
Category
Nigerian Tribal Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Vintage Signed Studio Pottery Vase from Mid-Century, Artist Stamped
Located in Norton, MA
The black and orange squared bottle-shaped vase stands 11.25". Incised details. The artist's stamp is on the bottom.
Category
Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware, Pottery
Vintage Gouda Pottery Jug with Stopper, Hand Painted, Holland, 20th Century
By Gouda Vase
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage Gouda folk art pottery jug or decanter with stopper - hand painted stylized floral decoration to the front and back - clear high gloss glaze with...
Category
Dutch Folk Art Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
1930s Vintage Navajo Area Rug from Hubbell Trading Post, Ganado, Arizona
By Navajo
Located in Denver, CO
This large vintage Navajo area rug, handwoven in the 1930s by a skilled Diné (Navajo) weaver, originates from the historic Hubbell Trading Post in...
Category
American Native American Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Vintage Iron Milk Can Side Table, Powder Coated Bright Blue
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large antique 20th Century heavy iron milk container with handle and lid. Great Folk Art to use in a farm or country rustic decor. Large, traditional, heavy pot, freshly powder coated bright metallic blue with an original removable lid. Keep your house organized by placing this beautiful, antique milk...
Category
Industrial Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Vintage Turkish Central Anatolian Tulu Carpet, Shaggy Kilim Wool Long Hair Rug
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a Vintage Tulu Runner Carpet from Central Anatolia, the Konya region with shaggy wool long hair, good condition, and beautiful color composition.
Central Anatolian Tulu ru...
Category
Turkish Kilim Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
Pair of Rope Barometer Adrien Audoux and Frida Minet, circa 1960
Located in Austin, TX
Pair of Rope Barometer Adrien Audoux and Frida Minet, circa 1960.
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
STUNNING CIRCA 1950 ANTIQUE FRENCH ARTISTS LAY FIGURE MEDIUM SIZED LOVELY PATINa
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely mid century French oak Artists lay figure
A lovely example and a great size, it was sold to me as circa 1900 but he looks mid century...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Oak
Erzgebirge Christmas Nutcracker Decoration Piece Germany Vintage 1970s
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
A vintage nutcracker from the Erzgebirge region, in shape of a robber or nobleman made of turned wood and painted in vibrant colors, dating back to the 1970s.
This nutcracker feature...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Fur, Wood, Paint
$304 Sale Price
20% Off
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