Jim Linderman blog about surface, wear, form and authenticity in self-taught art, outsider art, antique american folk art, antiques and photography.
Wood Carving Folk Art Puppet Head original paint circa 1950
Wooden Folk Art Puppet Head original paint circa 1950
Collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb
Meet the Press Leatrice Joy Original Press Photograph 1921
I don't get to use the word exhuberant very often, but this "edited" for publication press photograph certainly is. Nearly more paint than photo. From the flowers on the bonnet to the stripped tie, there isn't a whole lot of honesty left.
Leatrice Joy was a glamor celebrity and silent film star. By the time this photo was taken in 1921 she was well on her way to fame with dozens of short films to her credit. Her first films were shot during world war one! She also lived to the age of 91,passing away in the Bronx New York.
Leatrice among those credited with popularizing the Bob haircut. Joy came under a considerable amount of flak at the time for being kinda manly or something, but the cut allowed her to play both young men and women in the films. Gossip columnists were big liars then and now, but she does appear to have been one tough woman who didn't take much crap.
During 1921 Her films included half a dozen lost features. The following year she divorced big star John Gilbert citing his alcoholism.
Original edited by hand Press photograph 1921. Unknown Washington DC News? operation. Collection Dull Tool Dim Bulb
Antique American Folk Art Automobile Collection. Made by Hand Vintage Wood Carving Toys c. 1930 Original Paint
Antique American Folk Art Automobile Collection. Made by Hand Vintage Wood Carving Toys c. 1930 Original Paint. Each approx. 6" long.
These from a large group which also includes several trucks, etc. Collection Jim Linderman
Antique Folk Art Paper Cut / Folded Paper Froebel "Kindergarten" Projects circa 1903 - 1904 by Kenneth Miles Litchfield, CT Collection Jim Linderman
Antique Folk Art Paper Cut / Folded Paper Froebel "Kindergarten" Projects circa 1903 - 1904 by Kenneth Miles, Litchfield, CT. The boy was around ten years old when these were created. Loose bound with a ribbon, each piece is 9" x 9". Collection Jim Linderman
Gorillas in Chains! Folk Art Real Photo Postcard
A handsome giant gorilla is shown in the Crescent City Totem Pole Park, and a rudimentary smaller version from my shelf.
Real Photo Postcard Gorilla, c. 1940 and carved version of same. Collection Jim Linderman
How to Index and Catalog your Video Collection!
An amateur filmmaker (or video camera nut) indexes each one of his hundreds of films with a three-ring binder. Each one Hand drawn! No less then FIVE films on Cleveland, trips to the steel mill, Cape Canaveral, Amusement parks...and when WHOA! The final pages of the index look interesting!
Set of homemade index cards, hand-drawn, with routine and risque file cards. Collection Dull Tool Dim Bulb
Outsider Art Journalism from Home! Douglas Levicki Amateur Homedrawn Newspaper from England
One of Douglas Levicki's handmade newspapers "The Enterprise Magazine" published (in his mind) in 1935. The reporter produced numerous issues in the 1930s, if only for an audience of his family. He covered British radio stars, reported on the latest neighborhood gossip and provided lots of puzzles and gags. It is unlikely any were printed for distribution, but the obsessive work stands today as a beacon of the free press...and no trash like Murdoch's tabloid junk!
Select pages from The Enterprise homemade newspaper. C. 1935. Collection Jim Linderman
Antique carved folk art stone
An antique folk art stone handcarved with incised initials.
Collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb
Naive Outsider Art of Moses Baker
Naive Outsider Art of Moses Baker. 1974-1975. No further information on the artist.
Collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb
Tintograph Stencil Children's Art Kit c. 1915
Several of these lovely 19th century stencil kits for children have been refound and posted over the years, but this one appears to be missing in action. Turned up by Natalie Curley Antiques.
19th Century Folk Art Ledger with Drawings from Students in a One Room School
Drawings dated 1894 from a one room school in King's Corner, Ohio. Doesn't seem to be much of a town there anymore. Note one drawing was created using a "pin-prick" technique.
Collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb
Giant Tin Sardine Can Submarine Explores Lake Michigan Waters Folk Art Fish Sculpture
Well, a giant homemade fish submarine! "Lake Crossing in Sardine Can" reads the caption. I'm not sure the date. The fish is just over ten feet long. The maker Barney Connett prepares for launch.
Original A.P. Wirephoto circa 1950?
Rasmus Petersen
Rasmus Petersen stands by his rock garden Statue of Liberty with an odd plaque reading "Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think" for some reason.
Folk Art Foot Ephemera
The small art of the mailed foot. Two of these anyway. The smallest is actually a Lady's Calling Card. Late 19th / Early 20th Century. Collection Jim Linderman
Apocalyptic Worship of the Antichrist Photograph of an Unknown Painting
Apocalyptic Worship of the Antichrist Photograph of an Unknown Painting. This is an original photograph circa 1920 (?) of a work I haven't identified. We'll have to rely on the frightening notes from the reverse. Tribulation Worship of the Antichrist, Rider of the white horse also dark horse of the famine, gray horse of Death, the lambs book of life. Is your name written there?
Original photograph, no date collection Jim Linderman
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