Category: Folk Art

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Charming group of hand-made and painted folk art origami figures, including fourteen soldiers, three horses, a flag on a staff, and two incomplete figures (a horse and a soldier)

Price: $600.00

Seller ID: 004666

Binding: NA

Condition: Very Good

N.d., early twentieth century (1910 to early 1930s), based, among other things, on box housing the grouping with stamp of George V, which dates from 1914. (We assume the box housed the grouping from the time it was created, more or less.) The figures are quite precisely painted, and appealingly resemble nutcracker soldiers and what we would imagine would be their toy mounts. Testament to the attention to detail is that the mane on one of the horses is very precisely cut into separate fine strands! The paint colors on the soldiers are bright and eye-catching blues and reds, with some green...
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Eleven Nineteenth Century Original Cut-Out Silhouette Portraits

Price: $275.00

Seller ID: 005030

Binding: NA

Condition: Very Good

N.d., circa 19th century. Figures represented are Napoleon, Dr. Johnson, Pope Pius VII, Mary Magdalen, Democritus (based on a medal), Shakespeare, Mad Tom and four more loosely identified figures, including a "lean curate", a "Spanish dancer, a woman representing "the Nations lost, the Nations sorrow". The silhouettes are created by the careful cutting of holes in the paper, in the vein of fretwork, resulting in a two toned picture. We have the white paper used for the cut-outs backed by a red paper, but since the white paper is not pasted on to this paper, one can chan...
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Four Frames Made by Hand Using Scrap Metal and Foil Paper

Price: $350.00

Seller ID: 005173

Binding: NA

Condition: Fine

Highly unusual and original examples of folk art made of unlikely materials, and stylistically emulating Dresden lace. N.d., but probably from the 19th century. 25.5 by 21 cm.
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German Manuscript Prayerbook

Price: $2,000.00

Seller ID: 007307

Binding: Full Calf

Condition: Fair

A supremely beautiful Folk Art prayerbook, circa 1800. No location, but we would surmise from Bohemia or thereabouts, given the inclusion of an illustration of St. Wenceslaus, in addition to the book's similarity to other such manuscripts we know to be from this area. 12mo. Title, 150 pages, paginated, missing leaves 10/11, 14/15, 44/45 and lower half (torn off) of 26/27. Decoration on the vast majority of pages, with 15 or 16 full page illustrations, and 14 or 15 smaller vignettes. Other pages with simple border ornamentation, generally at the top. Almost all of the full page illustrat...
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Kengtung Occasions (Two Volumes)

Price: $12,500.00

Publisher: Burma (Kengtung, Shan State, presumed), : 1908

Seller ID: 004626

Binding: Quarter Morocco, Cloth Boards

Condition: Very Good

Oblong 8vo. 18 by 25.5 cm. 60 original watercolors, with 30 in each album. With Shan captions, presumably translated into English which is presented on pastedown sheet on front inside cover. The drawings in both albums were drawn by a Hkon artist of Kengtung according to labels on the front of both. The album creator might have been a man named Richard Phillimore, or something close to that, based on a handwritten inked name which isn't entirely legible. The first volume depicts the struggles against Chinese invaders and the rise and fall of several leaders. About half of the scenes sh...
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Kengtung Types (Two Volumes)

Price: $3,000.00

Publisher: Burma (Kengtung, Shan State, presumed), : 1908

Seller ID: 007087

Binding: Semi-limp cloth

Condition: Very Good

Oblong 8vo. 18.5 by 28.5 cm. 33 original watercolors, and one page with pencil drawings. With Shan captions, presumably translated into English which is presented on pastedown sheet on front inside cover. The drawings in both albums were drawn by a Hkon artist of Kengtung according to labels on the front of both. The albums depict tribal villagers and hill people in various colorful dress with personal effects such as smoking pipes, parasols, weapons and hunting instruments, as well as several representations of goods production and farming. The artwork is decidedly naive, a source of muc...
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Manuscript metamorphic cut-out costume and headress overlays

Price: $2,000.00

Publisher: America,

Seller ID: 005690

Binding: NA

Condition: Very Good

N.d., early to mid nineteenth century. A base sheet containing the watercolored head of a woman and then eleven overlay sheets with cut-out windows for the face and watercolored hats or other headress and garments at the shoulders and neck. Styles of costumes and headwear are captioned in ink: Turkish dress, Virgin of the Sun, East Indian dress, Russian, gypsy, peasant girl, Polish, Bohemian, nun, Circassian, Mary Queen of Scots. This being folk art-ish, the overlays do not generally fit squarely atop the base piece of paper. This is surprising inasmuch as the paper cuts themselves were ...
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Pocket Purse or Origami Valentine and Puzzle

Price: $2,500.00

Seller ID: 007382

Binding: NA. Frame

Condition: Very Good

N.d., circa 1810. Language of text is Dutch, and the several French flags are a reminder that this comes from a time that The Netherlands was conquered by Napoleon. This is framed, with windows on both sides, as the manuscript is two sides when fully open up, and this allows for the entirety of its content, textual and visual, to be scrutinized and enjoyed. The central illustration is of a couple, the man, smoking an unusually long pipe and in army uniform, while the lady is holding an umbrella. Both are holding valentines, from which frames emanate upward, suggesting their love for one an...
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Seven Folk Art Watercolors of Hunters

Price: $1,250.00

Publisher: Germany,

Seller ID: 006888

Binding: NA

Condition: Very Good

Truly striking Folk Art images of hunters mostly wearing animal fur leggings. N.d., circa 1800. Each measuring 16 by 11 cm, with the card onto which they are mounted slightly larger. Each of the watercolors with ruled borders. The artwork is naive yet quite detailed, with backgrounds of a castle or impressive stone structure(s) in three of the paintings, and trees, rocks, ground rendered appealingly. We see a shot fired in two of the paintings. In one, the hunter is crouched behind rocks. One painting shows the hunter in a late eighteenth century coat and breeches; in rural areas, such...
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Sketchbook of Caricatures and Portraits from Nashua, New Hampshire, Mid-19th Century

Price: $1,000.00

Publisher: Nashua, New Hampshire, : 1884

Seller ID: 007040

Binding: Folded paper. Sheets are loose within.

Condition: Fair

A mix of caricature, more straightforward or intended as realistic portraits, and a few town scenes and depiction of buildings. No conclusive date, but mid-19th century -- 1850s to 1880s. There is one illustration, possibly of a school house, captioned with "About 1852". We think it is quite plausible this was meant to be a backwards look in time, and so all it indicates is that the drawing was later. Another illustration has a date of 1884, which we think is the actual date of that illustration. Obviously, not all the illustrations need to have been done in a given year. While portraitur...
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[Faux Books][Folk Art Mechanical Toy Book] Holy Bible

Price: $1,250.00

Seller ID: 004411

Binding: Wood boards.

Condition: Very Good

Highly unusual fun piece of folk art, with the "Bible" springing up with the touch of a lever. Most definitely one-of-a-kind! N.d., circa 1900, possibly earlier. In size, like a 4to. 33 by 25 cm, 14 cm thick. The bible resembles an early 19th century leather bible. Here, though, the boards and sides are of wood, with the spine a heavy cloth which is painted to look like leather, and with the paint looks not unlike a paper mache composition. The snap is on the fore-edge, with the metal lever on the top. All sides are painted in gilt. Moderate wear throughout, as befitting an ol...
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[Faux Book] Box with Intricate Marquetry Inlay Work

Price: $600.00

Seller ID: 003462

Binding: NA

Condition: Very Good

A beautiful, exceptional example of folk art applied to a faux book box with a drawer. Dimensions: 27 by 20 by 5.5 cm. While it reads "folk art", with a certain naivete and perhaps rough quality that would distinguish it from the work of a Parisian ebeniste, the inlay work is elaborate, intricate, and well-executed. On both the back and front one finds patterns of diamonds, zigzags and/or chevrons, and corner squares. The spine has alternating light and dark stained wood to mimic compartments divided by raised bands. There are at least three different colorations applied to the wood piec...
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[Faux Book] Fine Folk Art Box with Folk Art Vignettes of a House and Floral Designs

Price: $1,450.00

Seller ID: 003650

Condition: Very Good

Circa 18th century, probably intended as a tobacco box. Dimensions: 16 by 10 by 3.5 cm. The house probably represents a plantation house, abd the plant fronds on each side, tobacco leaves. On the other side is a plant that resembles a typical folk art etched design. The spine has etched bands. The staining of the edges is suggestive of marbling, whether or not this effect was intended. The lid, which fits on very snugly, opens to a shallow well. The top of the open lid is convex, and the inside of the well was smoothly scooped out, it is plain. Words do not really do this box justice, f...
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[Faux Book] Shoe-Shaped Needle Book

Price: $125.00

Seller ID: 003387

Binding: Card

Condition: Very Good

N.d., circa 1900. 10 by 5 cm, at the widest and tallest. A homemade, folk art needle book, with charming blue watercolor touches such as a simple flower figure in the center, and blue lacing holding the whole thing together. Opens to fabric needle stays.
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The Alterbyografy of a Kamp Kat & A Kamp Kat Kollection of Kamp Karacters by Little Purr (Two Oblong Folios, one for each story) Wif pckchers drown by the riter. . . done in a army kamp in algust an septembur in the yer one nine fore 3

By: "Little Purr" [Anonymous soldier]

Price: $40,000.00

Publisher: : 1943

Seller ID: 007280

Binding: Hardcover. Cloth Box

Condition: Very Good

Inimitable and disarming tales that represent the pinnacle of outsider art and folk art, with the naive drawings richly full of life as they speak of the daily routine at a British army camp during the Second World War from the point-of-view of a camp mascot cat, who excels at mangling English in its creative attempts at phonetic spelling. Folios are oblong, 41 by 30 cm each. The first folio contains, "The Alterbyografy", a 56 pages long (unpaginated), with 54 illustrations, including the folio cover, 28 of which are full page, 24 of which are half page. The second folio is entitled "Kamp K...
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Neuschwanstein Model Photo Album

By: Anon

Price: $250.00

Publisher: : 1925

Seller ID: 006922

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Near Fine

Eighteen mounted black and white sepia toned photographs of a replica model of King Ludwig II's castle Neuschwanstein. 12mo. 18 by 13.5 cm. The model was constructed between November 20, 1924 and May 1, 1925 by an unknown artist. The replica was done with meticulous attention to detail -- it is very impressive. The model looks like one of the elaborate confections made from Lego blocks, but the model predates Lego, which began in 1932. The photos show the model from different angles and ranges, with both panoramic and close-up photos. The photos are mostly near full page, with two smal...
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Silhouettes Militaires. De la Révolution et du 1er Empire Collection Bernard-Franck

By: Brisquet

Price: $6,000.00

Seller ID: 005001

Binding: NA

Condition: Very Good

An magnificent collection of 20 military costume mixed media oil paintings that were once part of a major French collection of militariana. N.d., 1830 to 1860 -- these were nostalgic portraits created during the reigns of Louis Philippe and Louis Napoleon (Napoleon III). Brisquet, the artist, apparently was set-up on the esplanade by les Invalides, certainly a logical place for a creator of military-related bric-a-brac to set up shop, so to speak, and seek to sell his wares. A variety of sizes, ranging in height between 34 and 45 cm, and width, 10 to 29 cm. We have 21 panels in all, with o...
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Schnitzen in der Rhon

By: Clauss, Herbert

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Leipzig, Veb Friedrich Hofmeister : 1956

Seller ID: 003561

Condition: Near Fine

8vo. Many photographs. Clean copy. Wear to DJ includes a small hole and a few minor closed tears.
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Monogram and Crest Album with Watercolors

By: Errington, Jane (?)

Price: $2,500.00

Seller ID: 006517

Binding: Full Morocco

Condition: Very Good

Comparatively late "augmented" monogram album, with monograms and crests worked into winsomely naive watercolor illustrations often. By late, we mean circa 1910 to 1920, based on the depictions of automobiles from that era as well as airplanes, whereas the augmented, more special monogram albums we have come across before are virtually always squarely Victorian era. 8vo. 23 by 18 cm. 47 leaves with visual content. (Also some blank leaves. All illustrations are on rectos.) Of these, eleven pages are in our judgment more elaborate and/or original watercolors with the crests/monograms work...
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[Mexican Folk Art Painting]

By: Flores [Greserv C90 ?]

Price: $375.00

Publisher: Mexico presumed,

Seller ID: 007394

Binding: NA

Condition: Good

Brightly colored, exuberant specimen of Mexican Folk Art, depicting peasants and their shacks. The human figures, 20 in all, are highly stylized, with many shown in profile reminiscent of Ancient Egyptian human representations. A few of the peasants are shown looking head-on. The figures are also from one or two molds -- the same image is repeated, more or less, but with the dress varied, mainly in the choice of colors. Most of the human figures are barefoot, with a few wearing sandals, as surely would have been the everyday experience of rural life at same time and place. The peasants ar...
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Category: Folk Art