James Montgomery Flagg Folk Art

Vintage DRUGS street sign with white background and black lettering. Interesting piece of transportation history. No drugs zone, with increased penalties. Probably used close to a school zone...

Cool vintage highway sign in cobalt blue reflective metal. Depicts a person sleeping in bed. Sign was used to direct drivers to hotels/motels up ...

A vintage Boho original oil painting on board. A chic composition of a male nude in beautiful shades of green. Framed in a brilliant gilt wood frame. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.

Three words, three fish, and not a hint of subtlety. Hand-carved from wood and painted to resemble rainbow trout, the trio reclines inside an oversized wooden frying pan as if awaiti...

Wooden pad with trefoil patterns used to decorate fabrics. India, early 20th century.

Vintage metal street sign illustrating 'Enter Here.' Sign is affixed to a pipe with reflective tape on the front. Meant to be driven into th...

American wrought iron and gilt trade sign bracket with decorative scroll work and gilt ball motif. Late 19th Century

Vintage neighborhood watch sign. Great coloring and graphics with ominous burglar going through the window. Great vintage condition.

Seated Nude Painting, Oil On Canvas Signed, 1938, 20th Century Seated Nude – Oil on Canvas Signed, 1938 Superb figurative painting made in 1938, ...

Early 20th century fishing lure trade sign. Hand forged and hand painted oversized trade sign. With red painted blade and feathers. A historic piece, with the perfect rustic look. Gr...

Cool vintage metal road sign for a United States Prison. Sign is letting the car know that they are now "LEAVING the TRAVEL RESTRICTED AREA." Interesting piece of automotive memorabilia...

Ancient Ethiopian painting imported to Italy by a diplomat during the Italian occupation of Ethiopia, in the late 1930s. This genre scene painting is divided into eighteen squares bordered by a black frame and divided into three lines. The scene depicts the story of a couple with three children through the stories of their domestic life and their rural activity; each box has a caption written in the Amharic language. In the first line: they grind; they drink; …illegible… while they spin; they bring water. In the second line: comb, cut your hair; treats your teeth; grind; they bring the wood; they bring water. In the third section: they prepare beer; they prepare bread; they cook bread; they prepare lunch; while they eat; while they drink. This canvas is painted in shades of ocher and is mounteed on a ebonized frame. Dates back to the late 1930s. The canvas show minimal tears and signs of wear but we can customize a restoration. The human figures are characterized by unrealistic proportions of the head and body and depicted in static positions. This sense of fixity and the narration in successive chapters in domestic environments make the paintings easily intelligible and suggestive. A particularly fascinating aspect of Ethiopian art...