USA - Folk Art

Item Ships From: USA

Period: Late 20th Century

Peter Shire EXP Signed Ceramic Pottery Splatter Mug Cup Sculpture, Dated 1979

By Peter Shire

Located in Studio City, CA

A wonderful 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 late 1970s and is signed with Shire's customary "EXP" pottery (Echo Park Pottery...

Category

1970s American Post-Modern Vintage USA - Folk Art

Materials

Ceramic

Peter Shire EXP Signed Ceramic Pottery Splatter Mug Cup Sculpture, Dated 1979

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

1980s American Post-Modern Vintage USA - 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 wonderful 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

1980s American Post-Modern Vintage USA - 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

1980s American Post-Modern Vintage USA - Folk Art

Materials

Ceramic

Peter Shire EXP Signed Ceramic Pottery Splatter Mug Cup Sculpture, Early 1980s

Peter Shire EXP Signed Ceramic Pottery Splatter Mug Cup Sculpture, Dated 1979

By Peter Shire

Located in Studio City, CA

A wonderful 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

1970s American Post-Modern Vintage USA - Folk Art

Materials

Ceramic

Peter Shire EXP Signed Ceramic Pottery Splatter Mug Cup Sculpture, Dated 1979

Peter Shire EXP Signed Ceramic Pottery Splatter Mug Cup Sculpture, Mid-1980s

By Peter Shire

Located in Studio City, CA

Category

1980s American Post-Modern Vintage USA - Folk Art

Materials

Ceramic

Peter Shire EXP Signed Ceramic Pottery Splatter Mug Cup Sculpture, Mid-1980s

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

1980s American Post-Modern Vintage USA - Folk Art

Materials

Ceramic

Peter Shire EXP Signed Ceramic Pottery Splatter Mug Cup Sculpture, Early 1980s

Kazuko Matthews Signed Flattened Postmodernist Stoneware Teapot Vase Vessel

By Kazuko Matthews

Located in Studio City, CA

A wonderful, whimsical work by Japanese American, California architectural potter or artist Kazuko Matthews. The vase is signed on the base (partly under the museum putty or wax used to hold it in place). Mathews previously studied with famed ceramists couple Otto and Vivia Heino at Chouinard and also with Raku master potter Paul Soldner at Scripps College...

Category

1980s American Modern Vintage USA - Folk Art

Materials

Stoneware

Kazuko Matthews Signed Flattened Postmodernist Stoneware Teapot Vase Vessel

1970s Kenneth Reid Brass and Exotic Wood Stripe Belt Buckle New Mexico

Located in Chula Vista, CA

Belt Buckle Modern Urban Cowboy Striped Bass Wood Belt Buckle by Kenneth Reid, Albuquerque, New Mexico Measures: 3 W x 1.75 H Rich tones Gold and Brow...

Category

1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage USA - Folk Art

Materials

Brass

1970s Kenneth Reid Brass and Exotic Wood Stripe Belt Buckle New Mexico

Three Dimensional Original Landscape Painting by Luis Germán Cajiga Puerto Rico

Located in Miami Beach, FL

Luis Germán Cajigas is known for his folkloric style which celebrates the simplicity of life. In this original 3d painting, he is depicting a detail...

Category

1970s Puerto Rican Vintage USA - Folk Art

Materials

Paint

Three Dimensional Original Landscape Painting by Luis Germán Cajiga Puerto Rico

Brutalist Cut Steel "Stalactite" Sculpture by Sue Taves, 1992

By Paul Evans, Sue Taves

Located in Buffalo, NY

Brutalist cut steel "stalactite" sculpture by Sue Taves, circa 1992, Classic modernist design, manner of Paul Evans.

Category

1990s American Brutalist USA - Folk Art

Materials

Cut Steel

Brutalist Cut Steel "Stalactite" Sculpture by Sue Taves, 1992

Monumental Set of Five Crayola Crayons

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Very rare set of monumental Crayola crayons. Each crayon is just under 5 feet tall! Red, orange, yellow, green and purple. Heavy plastic frame with thi...

Category

1970s American Vintage USA - Folk Art

Materials

Plastic, Paper

Monumental Set of Five Crayola Crayons

20th Century Paiting by Joe Boudreau, Untitled #2

By Joe Boudreau

Located in Chicago, IL

20th Century painting by Joe Boudreau, untitled #2. This untitled work was painted with acrylic, house paint, oil and water colored paint by Chicago arti...

Category

Late 20th Century American USA - Folk Art

Materials

Acrylic, Paint, Watercolor

20th Century Paiting by Joe Boudreau, Untitled #2

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

1970s American Vintage USA - Folk Art

Materials

Paper, Plastic

Monumental Crayola Crayon

Moroccan Rug in Ivory with Chocolate Brown Design

Located in St. Louis, MO

Moroccan hand-loomed wool rug, ivory with chocolate brown diamond design.

Category

1970s Moroccan Vintage USA - Folk Art

Materials

Wool

Moroccan Rug in Ivory with Chocolate Brown Design

Kinetic Sculpture Henry Philippe Loustau

By Henry Phillipe Loustau

Located in Palm Springs, CA

An unusual hand carved bed by the noted and accomplished artist Henry Philippe Loustau. We contacted the artist and he was commissioned to do this piec...

Category

Late 20th Century American USA - Folk Art

Materials

Wood, Fabric

Kinetic Sculpture Henry Philippe Loustau

A Giant Wedding Cake Has Us Looking at Portuguese Tiles in a New Light

At Waddesdon Manor, artist Joana Vasconcelos has installed a three-tiered patisserie inspired by the narrative tile work of her homeland. We take a look at the cake sculpture and how Portuguese tiles have been used in architecture from the 17th century to today.

Why Jules Chéret Was the King of the Modern Poster

The streets of fin-de-siècle Paris were set aglow with colorful poster ads, thanks to the printing techniques invented by Jules Chéret. Now, the Milwaukee Art Museum is celebrating this undersung talent in America's first solo show dedicated his exuberant works.

Why the American Flag Has Had So Many Different Star Patterns

Expert Jeff Bridgman explains the history and meaning behind the twinkling constellations that have graced Old Glory.

Peggy Guggenheim Loved Modernism, but She Also Collected Tribal Art

The iconoclastic style setter displayed African and Oceanic art, as well as works by indigenous peoples of the Americas, alongside pieces by such major modernists as Pablo Picasso and Jackson Pollock.