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Period: 20th Century
Monumental Crayola Crayon
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fantastic red Crayola crayon. Heavy plastic frame with thick paper label. Made by Think Big!. This is a rare vintage piece. Excellent vintage condition...
Category
American Vintage 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Paper, Plastic
Kongo Wooden statue depicting Chinese worker waring typical hat, DRC
Located in Leuven , BE
Indigenous sculptors have ,historically ,always integrated “foreigners” in their work. The Japanese did it in their Netsukes, the Chinese in their Ceramics and the Africans in their sculptures. Several examples of carved ivory statues...
Category
Congolese 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Handmade Folk Art Articulated Wooden Figure, 1950s USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Interesting wooden mid-century Folk-Art human form from the American east coast. Teaching model illustrating how to properly life a heavy item. Handmade from pine and chipboard with ...
Category
20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Cubist Ibibio Puppet Head Brass Eyes Nigeria Early 20th Century stern gaze stand
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early Ibibio puppet head with strong stern expression through tightly closed lips, large brass tack eyes. With wood tenon mounted in custom base.
Total height on base 11 1/4 inches
...
Category
Nigerian Tribal 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Carved Stone Elongated Head Or Bust Attributed To Leon Saulter 20” H
By Leon Saulter
Located in Southampton, NJ
A stunning master stone carving of elongated bust over black cubed base attributed to Leon Saulter circa 1970 standing 20” tall with a width of 8” and depth of 6”.
In fabulous condi...
Category
American Folk Art 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Limestone
Letterpress Wood Block Sculpture
Located in East Hampton, NY
Antique letterpress printers wood block sculpture.
Category
20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Snow Man By Antonio Grediaga Kieff, 1977
Located in Madrid, ES
Snow Man by Antonio Grediaga Kieff, signed and numbered 3/9
This extraordinary work of art is expertly crafted in bronze and features a unique abstract form. The sculpture stands on...
Category
Canadian Modern Vintage 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Marble, Brass
Neuclosis By Antonio Grediaga Kieff, 1974
Located in Madrid, ES
Neuclosis by Antonio Grediaga Kieff, signed and numbered 2/6
This extraordinary work of art is expertly crafted in bronze and features a unique abstract form. The sculpture stands o...
Category
Canadian Modern Vintage 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Marble, Brass
Traditional Hardwood Crocodile Carving, Nigeria, cira 1970s
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Decorative Folk Art hand-carved hardwood crocodile, with lots of details in the carving. Nigeria, circa 1970s.
Category
Nigerian Folk Art 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Hardwood
Petite Parrot Sculpture attributed to Sergio Bustamante
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Copper, brass and aluminium Parrot on a hoop hanging stand attributed to Sergio Bustamante, circa 1960, Great vintage conditions.
Category
Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Metal
Set of Three Sculpted Paper Mache Hanging Swans
Located in Pasadena, CA
Set of Three Sculpted Paper Mache Hanging Flying Swans. Each swan is in a difernt action pose. There is some discoloration to the exterior of the swans. Each paper mache bird is oter...
Category
Italian Modern Vintage 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Paper
Early 20th century decorative dutch working windmill
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Early 20th century decorative dutch working windmill circa 1920.
We are pleased to offer this delightful scale model of a dutch windmill. This could have only been commissioned for...
Category
Dutch Folk Art 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Birch, Walnut
Vintage Hand Woven Spanish Donkey Head Wall Mount 1970's
Located in Hastings, GB
A delightful 1970's wall mounted Spanish Donkey Head, hand woven in Esparto grass these fabulous items were crafted for tourists and not many have survived the test...
Category
Spanish Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Straw
Antique Native American Indigenous Peoples Carved Polychrome Canoe Model
Located in Forney, TX
An exceptionally rare antique Native American / Indigenous Peoples hand carved and painted wooden dugout canoe model, dating to the early 20th century or earlier, likely Pacific Nort...
Category
North American Native American 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Twine, Wood, Paint
Carved-Wood 'Bembe' Statue
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
Carved-Wood 'Bembe' Statue. Republic of Congo, circa 1970.
Category
Congolese Vintage 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Bob Stocksdale Signed Set of Six Mid-Century Modern Wood Turned Bowls
Located in Studio City, CA
A very handsome, darkly colored set of six bowl by American master wood turner Bob Stocksdale. All are signed and marked ("Mahogany of Guatemala") by Stocksdale. Stunning in any sett...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Glazed stoneware sculpture depicting trio of Jewish cantors
Located in Torino, IT
Sculpture depicting 3 singers in glazed stoneware.
Beautiful sculpture realizes in glazed stoneware with material and rustic shapes.
The sculpture depicts 3 figures in robes and ki...
Category
American Vintage 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Ceramic
MIKE MATAS - Vintage Folk Art Whale Carving on Stand - Signed - Canada - C. 1980
Located in Chatham, ON
MIKE MATAS - Vintage folk art hand-carved pine model of a whale - mounted by two brass pins to the base - finished with a semi-gloss varnish - signed and dated - possibly from the ea...
Category
Canadian Folk Art 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Brass
Antique Folk Art Rocking Horse Sculpture
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A vibrant Antique Folk Art Rocking Horse Sculpture in all original condition. The Horse has a nice Primitive form, beautiful outstretched stride, faceted eyes, iron stirrups, red vi...
Category
Folk Art 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Metal
Evelyn Ackerman Animal Wood Carved Panel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Wood carving by California artist, Evelyn Ackerman, c.1960s. This carving features a hand carved creature.
Dimensions
12.5" width x 9.25" depth x 1" height.
Condition
Good, origina...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Trade sign for a wine shop: three bottles with french label wine, France 1950.
Located in Milan, IT
A trade sign for the window of a wine shop, depicting three bottles with the label of French wines: Chateau Santenay, Chateau Ponsac, Chateau Ermitage. Made of carved solid fruitwood...
Category
French Vintage 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Fruitwood, Lacquer
Beautiful Vichtauer Hand Carved Wood Bird, Black Forest Folk Art, Austria, 1930s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful medium size Austrian 20th century, carved wood bird, mounted on a stand for hanging. The tradition of these in Austria called "Viechtauer" birds goes back to the early 19...
Category
Austrian Black Forest Vintage 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Pair of Baroque Style Wood Carved Cherub Angel Heads, Vintage German, 1930s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A pair beautiful hand carved and hand painted cherub angel Heads, found at an estate sale in Germany. Made by a woodcarver in the Oberammergau are...
Category
German Baroque Vintage 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Whimsical Folk Art Painted Lady Liberty Political Figure
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Whimsical hand made carved wood and painted folk art hanging liberty figure.
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Unique African Style Carved Wood Wooden Sculpture
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Beautiful one of a kind African carved wooden sculpture of a woman carrying a basket and a hat. Featured in a rich warmly stained wood, this stunning hand carved sculpture will surel...
Category
Primitive 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Vintage 1960s German Large Turned Wooden XL Display Model of Screwdriver nr 7
Located in Haarlem, NL
Very unusual extra large vintage wooden display model of a screwdriver nr 7.
Turned and carved out of one piece of wood, probably used as displa...
Category
German Vintage 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Antique carved drinking horn from the 19th century
Located in Vienna, AT
Antique carved drinking horn, from the 19th century, with engraved snake and eagle, good orginal condition
Category
Antique 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Horn
Early 20th Century Stylised Primitive Bust of a Female
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
Early 20th Century Primitive carved stone bust. impressive stylised hair. Interesting strata patterns running through the stone. Signed indistinctly. France Circa 1900.
Category
20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Stone
1988 Austin Production Acoma Pottery Three Native American Pueblo Women
Located in Cincinnati, OH
1988 Austin Production Acoma Pottery Earth, Wind and Fire
Three Native American Pueblo Women
Category
North American Vintage 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Terracotta
Pair of Greyhound Guard Dogs, Natural Rust Weathered in Cast Iron
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Pair of Greyhound Guard Dogs, Natural Rust Weathered in Cast Iron
This Super pair of Large Outdoor or Indoor Dogs these chaps have a good rusty outdoor patina they have been guard...
Category
Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Iron
Hand-Carved Wood Javanese ‘Wayang Topeng’ Theatre Mask, Indonesia c. 1900
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
A visibly old mask from the Javanese masks theatre ‘wayang topeng’: carved from hard wood, and painted on the front side. The mask shows clear traces of ...
Category
Indonesian Other 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Post Modern Abstract Hand-Carved Mother & Child Sculpture, USA, c. 1970's
Located in Deland, FL
Introducing a heart-warming abstract sculpture depicting a parent with child in embrace. Hand-carved in solid walnut with an alluring ebonized this exquisite, visually captivating sc...
Category
American Post-Modern Vintage 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Walnut
Mid 20th Century African Folk-Art Carving of a Woman
Located in Cheltenham, GB
Beautiful African rustic folk carving of a woman, probably mid-century, hardwood, the nose has been rubbed many times for good luck!
Category
African Folk Art 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Italian modern geometric metal sculpture by Edmondo Cirillo, 1970s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern geometric metal sculpture by Edmondo Cirillo, 1970s
Metal sculpture with a rectangular base with reference to the brutalist s...
Category
Italian Vintage 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Metal
Large Mid Century Modern Sculptural Brass Horse by Luciano Bustamante 1965
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous large brass Brutalist patchwork stallion horse with blown black glass eyes. Fantastic artistic piece by Luciano Bustamante of Mexico c1965. In excellent vintage condition wi...
Category
Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Brass
Pair of Canadian Folk Art Carved Japanese Internment Camp Figures or Sculptures
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This pair of Folk Art carved figures is believed to have been made by a Japanese immigrant to Canada either while or after being interned by the Canadian government during the Second World War. The male carved figure is hand painted in vibrant colors and the base reads: June 11, 1942" and "Ontario" underneath. The nude female carving...
Category
Canadian Folk Art 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Softwood
Stirrup Vessel Wood Hand- Carved Massim People Papua New Guinea
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Wood Carved Stirrup Vessel, or Pipe, Massim people, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea.
Hand-carved wood in the form of a large animal with a top ci...
Category
Papua New Guinean Tribal 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Teschio in minerale rodocrosite
Located in Torino, IT
Rarissimo teschio in minerale Rodocrosite luciadata.
Grande e raro teschio scolpito da un unico pezzo di minerale.
Il Minerale presenta un bellissimo colore rosa questo minerale in...
Category
Italian 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Precious Stone
Antique fairground carousel dolphin, carved wood
Located in Maidstone, GB
Exceptional original antique carousel dolphin, solid wood, perfect colour tones, original patina and paint. No5 on the base. I have had a small iron bracket made for her that simply ...
Category
20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Early 19th Century Unusual Painted Folk Art Coconut
Located in London, GB
Early 19th Century Unusual Painted Folk Art Coconut
A piece of 19th Century curiosity with a very quirky charm. In the form of a hand painted coconut shell. We guess someone got bo...
Category
British Folk Art Antique 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Natural Fiber
Italian post-modern terracotta sculpture by Edmondo Cirillo, 1991
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian post-modern terracotta sculpture by Edmondo Cirillo, 1991
Sculpture with a square base in terracotta, it develops in height and resembles a totem. The sculpture is modeled wi...
Category
Italian 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Metal
Italian post-modern terracotta sculpture by Edmondo Cirillo, 1997
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian post-modern terracotta sculpture by Edmondo Cirillo, 1997
Sculpture with a square base in terracotta, it develops in height and resembles a totem. The sculpture is modeled wi...
Category
Italian 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Metal
Italian post-modern terracotta sculpture by Edmondo Cirillo, 1996
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian post-modern terracotta sculpture by Edmondo Cirillo, 1996
Sculpture with a square base in terracotta, it develops in height and resembles a totem. The sculpture is modeled wi...
Category
Italian 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Metal
Handmade Diminutive Metal Owl Sculpture
Located in Ferndale, MI
Nicely detailed diminutive metal owl sculpture for desktop or collection. Weighty - possibly pewter. Signed Clarence.
Category
American Folk Art 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Metal
Arts and Crafts Leather Model of a Bull Elephant This is a beautiful find
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Arts and Crafts Leather Model of a Bull Elephant
This is a beautiful find from the early part of the 20th Century, it was made for Liberty and is known as “ The Bull Elephant ”
Thi...
Category
Archaistic Vintage 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Leather
Early Large Ashanti Polychrome Mother Drum, Ghana early 20th century Osei Bonsu
Located in Point Richmond, CA
This is a "Mother drum", Asante, Ghana. with polychrome paints, Circa 1935. In the style of the well-known carver Osei Bonsu (1900-1977).
Low relief imagery envelopes the body of t...
Category
Ghanaian Tribal 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
African Heavy Wood Carved Elephant with Tusks
Located in Cincinnati, OH
African Heavy Wood Carved Elephant with Tusks
Nice Details
Slight wear on finish
Category
African 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Japanese Signed Hand Carved Wood Noh Theater Mask of Doji, Early Showa Period
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful, wonderfully crafted, alluring mask made for Japanese Noh theatre.
The mask is handcrafted and hand-carved from natural wood and is signed by the maker.
This mask is of the immortal character Doji who symbolizes perpetual and eternal youth ("doji" literally translates as "child") in the Noh theater world. He is portrayed as a handsome male...
Category
Japanese Showa 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
American Folk Art Baguette
Located in Chicago, IL
Celebrate the whimsical charm of American Folk Art with this hand-carved pine sculpture resembling a baguette, a delightful fusion of creativity and playfulness. Crafted with meticul...
Category
American Folk Art 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Pine
Antique Swedish Wood Carved Sami Sculpture in Style of Torborg Lindberg-Karlsson
Located in Andernach, DE
One-of-a-kind woodcarving attributed to the Swedish artist Torborg Lindberg-Karlsson, Lapland.
This cheerfully smiling Sami man is wearing a traditional garb & hat in traditional colours.
Intricately carved and painted by a skilled hand.
The artist Torborg Lindberg-Karlsson was born in 1908 and she died 1980...
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Softwood
Cute Vichtauer Hand Carved Wood Bird, Black Forest Folk Art, Austria, 1910s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful cute little Austrian 20th century, carved wood bird, mounted on a wooden stand for hanging. The tradition of these in Austria called "Viechtauer" birds goes back to the e...
Category
Austrian Black Forest 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Hand-carved 20th century female bust in white Carrara marble, by P. Simoens
Located in Oostende, BE
The bust portrays a woman with very serene and soft features, even with mystic appearance.
The piece is signed, as can be seen on 1 of the pictures.
Category
Belgian 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Carrara Marble
Italian Big Brass Heron or Crane, 1970s
Located in Morazzone, Varese
Beautiful big size heron or crane, Made in Italy, circa 1970s.
The sculpture is made of full brass with gorgeous vintage patina, and in excellent vintage condition.
Floor standing - ...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Brass
Oversized Carved wood and painted Sheaffer Fountain Pen Store Display , 5 feet
Located in Buffalo, NY
Amazing ! Oversized Carved wood and painted Sheaffer Fountain Pen Store Display , Selling two pens. One 5" high 6 " in diameter.. other 50" h , 4" in diameter. Very well made, Qualit...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Steel
Antique wood "Nandi" bull carving with storage space, India 1900th
Located in ECHT, NL
Hand carved and hand painted wood Nandi bull statue. Made around the turn of the 20th century in India. It depicts Vahana, the bull of hindu god Shiva. The statue has a small compartment with a lid on its back. This was probably meant to store an artifact of some kind.
Nandi
Nandi in a zoo-anthropomorphic form
Affiliation Mount of Shiva
Abode Mount Kailash
Consort Suyasha[1]
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Nandi (Sanskrit: नन्दि), also known as Nandikeshvara or Nandideva, is the bull vahana (mount) of the Hindu god Shiva. He is also the guardian deity of Kailash, the abode of Shiva. Almost all Shiva temples display stone...
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Indian Folk Art 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Leather, Wood
A Highly Whimsical Canadian Historical Themed Diorama by Terry Pfliger
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A highly whimsical & amusing wall mounted diorama, featuring a mixed media three-dimensional interior depicting figures in a forested landscape who have happened upon a cache of lost parts belonging to the famous Canadian military aircraft ‘The Avro Arrow’.
The scene is described by the artists hand in script, as observed on the outer front edge of the case which reads....“While deep in the woods on a fishing trip, Dave & Sydney stumble upon the lost cache of Avro Arrow parts”.
Signed & dated 1992, and signed & dated again on the reverse.
The multi-tiered case measuring 16” wide x 11.75” high x 7” deep.
Terry Pfliger (1947-2016) was an American born and highly accomplished professional artist & educator. He taught visual arts at Loyalist College & Vocational Institute in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, before accepting the position as head of the art department at St. Lawrence College also in Kingston Ontario, which he held from 1973-95. Afterwards he moved to Michigan where he taught art at Southwestern Michigan College and was elected Professor Emeritus.
He exhibited for several years in both solo & group exhibitions in Ontario Canada, and in Michigan, USA.
Similar examples of the artists work are represented in the permanent collection of the Agnes Etherington Art Centre located at Queen’s University, Kingston Ontario.
Terry Pfliger was part of a group of artists including Tobey Anderson, David...
Category
Canadian Folk Art 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Plastic, Plaster, Wood, Paint
Wooden Folk Art Crow
Located in Chicago, IL
Richly textured with whimsical appeal, this late 20th century wooden crow is a delightful example of naive American sculpture. Poised mid-caw, it is hard to tell whether this crow ha...
Category
American Folk Art 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Large Vichtauer Hand Carved Wood Bird, Black Forest Folk Art, Austria, 1930s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful large Austrian 20th century, carved wood bird, mounted on a stand for hanging. The tradition of these in Austria called "Viechtauer" birds goes back to the early 19th cen...
Category
Austrian Black Forest Vintage 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Paint
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