Venus of Detroit

Ebullient African American carved wood folk art fertility figure. Wonderful form and a very strong naive presence with a curiously random painted surface.

Clown Portrait

Available here.

Portrait of an American Worker

Circa 1940's plaster portrait bust of a worker. Found in New York state.

Available at Anonymous Works.

Mother and Child

William Edmondson (1874-1951)
Mother and Child
carved limestone
11¼ in. high

Sold for $263,000.00 at Christie's.

The Elk?

Available here.

Female Hypnotist

Available here.

Vintage Postcard of the Musée de l'Ermite- Galerie Mystique

Anyone know what the Musée de l'Ermite- Galerie Mystique was?

Available here.

Early 1900's Photo of a Folk Art Carving

Available here.

Flames of Judgement

Available from Sotheby's January 25th, 2014 auction of Important American Folk Art from the Collection of Ralph O. Esmerian

Folk Art Ballet

Circa 1950's folk art carving of the ballet dancer Sally Bailey, by carpenter and itinerant carver F.W. Dannelley of Fresno, California. Sally Bailey was a principal dancer for the San Francisco Ballet in the 1950's.

Available at Anonymous Works.

Folk Art Sculpture of a Man by W.L. Bourdeau

The folk artist W.L. Bourdeau apparently lived and worked in Ranger, Texas and all of his extant works seem to have been made between the 1950's and 1960's.

Available at Anonymous Works.