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![Vintage 1930s Hand Carved Relief, Mexican Lady, Folk Art California: Mexican Lady with Guitar, genuine wood carved relief, American Folk Art California, 1930s. The woodblock is 11"x 14" [28cm x 35cm]; some varnish aging, a little soiling, vintage hanger on the back, ve](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6304/282376/156450593_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1691789261)
![Currier & Ives, Home on The Mississippi, Vintage 1950 Wall Calendar Print: “A Home on The Mississippi" by Currier & Ives, 1871. Vintage plate from the used 1950 wall calendar. The Currier & Ives plate is reproduced in original size. The picture [lithographed area] is c](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6304/282376/156528848_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1691789261)
![Currier & Ives, Catching a Trout, Vintage 1950 Wall Calendar Print: "Catching a Trout" by Currier & Ives, 1854. Vintage plate from the used 1950 wall calendar. The Currier & Ives plate is reproduced in original size. The picture [lithographed area] is c.13.1/2" x 8.1/](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6304/282376/156530570_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1691789261)
![Pelican on Logs, Hand-Carved Wood Sculpture, Folk Art: "Pelican perching on logs". Vintage hand-carved wood sculpture, unmarked. The figurine is 9" [23cm] tall including log, the pelican is c.7" x 3.1/2" [18cm x 9cm], very good condition. Rates vary per z](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6304/282376/156481785_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1691789261)
![Cowboy on Horse & Wolf, Wood Relief 1937 American Folk Art: Cowboy on horse chasing prairie wolf, wood carved relief, the artwork is signed and dated 'Achim Mann, 37' [1937]. The woodblock is 10"x 11" [25.5cm x 28cm]; some varnish aging, a little soiling, vint](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6304/282376/156450377_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1691789261)


![Jumping Deer wood carved relief 1936 signed American Folk Art: Jumping Deer with a hunter and landscape at the background, wood carved relief, Folk Art. The artwork is signed and dated 'R.R.H., 36' [1936]. The woodblock is 10" x 11" [25.5cm x 28cm]; some varnish](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6304/282376/156449060_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1691789261)












News about American Folk Art

PORTLAND, Maine – The Portland Museum of Art will host American Perspectives: Stories from the American Folk Art Museum Collection from February 3 through May 7.

NEW YORK (AP) – The American Folk Art Museum, unlike many other arts institutions, managed to avoid layoffs and other cutbacks in the two years after the pandemic through a mix of fundraisers and increased donor contributions. On June 28, the museum planned to announce its largest and most unusual recent gift – a $5 million […]

BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) – Since its debut five years ago, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art has showcased works by well-known American artists like Georgia O’Keeffe and Andy Warhol. Now the Arkansas museum founded by a Wal-Mart heiress is turning its attention to ordinary objects made by unsung craftsmen, quilters and painters.

NEW YORK (AP) – New York City’s Museum of Modern Art has agreed to buy the building of the financially strapped American Folk Art Museum. The building is next door to MoMA, meaning MoMA could expand the exhibition space of its West 53rd Street facility. No immediate plans for the folk art building were announced. […]