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Jim Linderman blog about surface, wear, form and authenticity in self-taught art, outsider art, antique american folk art, antiques and photography.

Antique Folk Art Turnwheel Crank Whirligig Sculpture

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Antique Folk Art Turnwheel Crank Whirligig Sculpture made from Cigar Boxes, circa 1940 Collection Jim Linderman

Folk Art Carving Pair of Barn Buzzards! Turkey Vultures

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A pair of large, hand carved Turkey Vultures!  Aieeee!  Also known as Turkey Buzzard, John Crow or Carrion Crow.  These wooden figu...

Untitled (Big Head Parade of 1940) Vintage Snapshot

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Untitled (Big Head Parade of 1940)  Vintage Snapshot photograph by Leslie H. Gardner November 1940 collection Jim Linderman

Was Dan DeCarlo Influenced by Bettie Page ? Veronica is a Bettie

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The visually acuity team here at Dull Tool Dim Bulb finds proof the 1950s comics were as bad as Kefauver and his confederates thought.  V...

Workers Prep the NEW BIG SIGN (for something...)

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Early automobile race?  Horse race?  Guesses?  Somebody is going to need a whole lot of chalk.  Undated Snapshot

Halloween with John Spicer of Brooklyn. Snake Suit and Demon Dress all in worsted wool

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The John Spicer company, a factory actually, was located in Brooklyn.  It started in 1888, and this catalog dates to around 1915,...

Vintage Folk Art Sculpture Carnival Ball Toss

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Vintage Folk Art Sculpture Carnival Ball Toss Collection Jim Linderman

Apple Industrial Factory Die Cut

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Wood with metal border, sharpened at edges for industrial cut of an apple form   Undated, circa 1940. Collection Jim Linderman

Witch with Pumpkin original anonymous watercolor dated 1911 Collection Jim Linderman

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Witch with Pumpkin original watercolor dated 1911 Collection Jim Linderman (See also the new book ECCENTRIC FOLK ART DRAWINGS:Obscure d...

BATS Miniature Watercolor c. 1910

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Eccentric Folk Art Drawings of the 19th and 20th Centuries from the Jim Linderman Collection

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SAMPLE PAGES FROM THE NEW BOOK ECCENTRIC FOLK ART DRAWINGS OF THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES FROM THE JIM LINDERMAN C...
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Sunday Painter Fairy Diptych Painted Pixies

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A Pair of Painted Pixies frolic in the buff.  Estate Sale Find (two dollars for the pair.)  Circa 1980. 

Antique Scarecrow Photographic Essay Ephemeral Folk Art Sculpture at the Farm Collection Jim Linderman

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Antique Scarecrow Photographic Essay  Ephemeral Folk Art Figures at the Farm Collection Jim Linderman  19t...

Yanks vs Cubs 1932 ? drawing of the Big Game

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A young boy draws America's game in 1932.  Cubs and Yanks appear on the scoreboard.  The two teams played each other in the World Ser...

Obverse and Reverse Will You Sleep With Me Jac? Please?

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Vintage Sleaze the Blog comes and goes without warning.  It is currently on hiatus, but this couldn't wait. Original watercolor circa ...

The Human Centipede Vernacular Photograph 1940

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Original Photograph 1940 by Leslie H. Gardner.  Collection Jim Linderman Also of interest, The Birth of Rock and Roll is available fro...

Folk Art Hooked Rugs Painted in Enamel A Handmade Salesman Sample Book

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A beautiful salesman sample book with twenty hooked rug designs, each hand-painted in miniature by a Massachusetts woman by t...
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