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Item Ships From: Missouri
Grand Scale Hand Carved Wood Giraffe Sculpture on Base circa 1970's
Located in St. Louis, MO
Grand scale African folk art hand carved wood giraffe, with charred black stained spots. Appears to be carved from log. In fine vintage condition. Unsigne...
Category
1970s African Folk Art Vintage Missouri - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Rare 1970s Adult Peep Show, Books & Magazines, Large Plastic Embossed Sign XXX
By Terry Richardson
Located in St. Louis, MO
Large 1970s sign with embossed letters, Adult Peep Show - Books & Magazines. Sold without its original aluminum frame, can be back lit with LED. Small star crack to top of Red "S", minor loss of paint and scuffs. Subject matter is in the style of photographer Terry Richardson...
Category
1970s American Vintage Missouri - Folk Art
Materials
Plastic
Large Midcentury Porcelain Letter "B" from the Stix Baer and Fuller Sign
By Bauhaus
Located in St. Louis, MO
Large 44.75" H porcelain letter B, from the former Stix, Baer & Fuller sign. This letter was once on the Mid-Century Modern Stix, Baer & Fuller department store in the Westroads Shop...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Missouri - Folk Art
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage 1960s Mexican Folk Art Large Papier-Mâché Hand Painted Angel Candelabra
By Sergio Bustamante
Located in St. Louis, MO
Impressive 1960s large Mexican folk art hand painted papier-mâché angel with 5 arm candelabra. Hand painted details over white robe, include hair, face, gold gilt rope collar, pink a...
Category
1960s Mexican Folk Art Vintage Missouri - Folk Art
Materials
Metal
"Sharp is the Action" Mask Sculpture by Dave Root, High-Fire Stoneware, Signed
Located in Kansas City, MO
From a series of masks and heads, "Sharp is the Action" is a tabletop sculpture inspired by the masks and heads made throughout Oceania. Landing in the nebulous zone between ceremony...
Category
2010s American Modern Missouri - Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
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Vintage 1960s French Wicker Rattan Minotaur Bull Head Sculpture Wall Decoration
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Vintage French Mid-Century Modern Organic Petate Tule Rush or Wicker hand made woven Bull Head wall sculpture, circa 1960s or early 1970s. In fine condition...
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Mid-Century Modern OP-Art White Plywood Bust of Concentric Biomorphic Layers
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Vintage Folk Art Rusty Steel Garden Kinetic Sculpture of Bull Amber Glass Eyes
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