Early 20th Century Folk Art Paintings

Two early 20th century folk art paintings by the same hand.

From the auction house description:
This painting is one of a few folk art landscapes executed by an unidentified artist who worked in the Lake Champlain areas of Vermont, New York State, and Quebec. One work is illustrated on the dust jacket of Folk Painters of America, by Robert Bishop (E.P. Dutton, New York). Another work is held in the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum collection. 

Provenance: Walters-Benisek, purchased in 1996.

The Vermont Farm Landscape sold for $35,000 (w/o premium) and the House by the Railroad Tracks went unsold with an estimate of $8,000 - $12,000 at Skinner.

Beautiful Loser

Early folk art carving of a strange faced boy. An antecedent to the contemporary work of Margaret Killgallen, Barry McGee and Chris Johanson.

Available at Anonymous Works.

"Shower Me With Rum If You Want All My Love"

An unusual 1930's painted liquor bottle encased in plaster with bathing beauty and dog.

Available at Anonymous Works.

Man Painting an Eye

Available here.

Clown Target

Circa 1940's carnival game toss clown target.

Available at Anonymous Works.

Star Wars Folk Art

 From Steve Sansweet's Rancho Obi-Wan Museum.

Available at Anonymous Works.

Man with Folk Art Sculptures

Available here.

1950's Erotica

 

Available here.

Folk Art Game Table

Available here.

A Visit to the 1939 World's Fair

Original 1939 Small Candid Snapshot Photograph of the Westinghouse Atomic Robot "ELEKTRO" Moto Man from the 1939 New York World's Fair.

Sold for $47.99 on eBay.

Circa 1930's Sketches by Paul Kelpe

Sold for $500.00 at Cowan's.
 
Auction house description:
Paul Kelpe (American, 1902-1985), ca 1930s. A pair of graphite portraits on laid paper, each signed, one within the work and dated 31 and the other signed in the margin. A remarkable pair of sketches from the formative period of Kelpe's work, when the artist struggled to make a living as an abstract painter in an otherwise traditional Chicago market; largest 7.5 x 5 in.

19th Century Milk Glass Phrenology Head Ink Well

Lot passed at Cowan's. Starting bid, $750.00.

Two Folk Art Carved Figures Found in a Box

Recently found in a New Hampshire basement. Sold for $71.50 on eBay.

Circa 1860 Optometrist Trade Sign

Sold for $5,000.00 at TW Conroy, September 28, 2007.

Stone Mask

Stone mask from the pre-ceramic neolithic period dating to 7000 BC and possibly the oldest mask in the world. 

From the Musée de la Bible et de la Terre Sainte.