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Haitian Naive Oil Drum Metal Wall Mounted Sculpture Haiti 1960s
Located in Miami, FL
of steel drum sculpture. Primarily produced in the town of Croix-des- Bouquets using recycled oil
Category

1960s Haitian Folk Art Used Oil Drums

Materials

Cut Steel

Christo, Texas Mastra Project for 500, 000 Stacked Oil Drums, Signed Lithograph
By Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Located in St. Louis, MO
Christo (1935-2020) Bulgarian. The TEXAS MASTABA, PROJECT FOR 500,000 STACKED OIL DRUMS (S. 85
Category

1970s American Modern Used Oil Drums

Materials

Acrylic, Paper

Wild Kong Oil
By Richard Orlinski
Located in Porto, 13
WILD KONG OIL Smarter than man, Wild Kong throws an oil drum. The gigantic gorilla from Skull
Category

2010s Pop Art Used Oil Drums

Materials

Resin

Used Wild Kong Oil
Wild Kong Oil
H 17.72 in W 9.85 in D 6.3 in
Seresier Louise-Juste Haitian Steel Sculpture C. 1970's
Located in Vancouver, BC
Recycled steel oil drum in folk art style. Meaning, Seresier would find oil drums that would have
Category

1970s Haitian Folk Art Used Oil Drums

Materials

Cut Steel

Sumo + Barril
By Richard Orlinski
Located in Porto, 13
Japan. He throws an oil drum countering spiritual power and industrial power to ask us to cultivate one
Category

2010s Contemporary Used Oil Drums

Materials

Resin

Used Sumo + Barril
Sumo + Barril
H 63 in W 28.75 in D 14.57 in
'Bossou (Horned Bull)' original steel drum relief with Voudou Lwa figures
Located in Milwaukee, WI
. Brutus is best known for hammered repoussé metal works like this, fashioned from recycled steel oil drums
Category

1990s Contemporary Used Oil Drums

Materials

Metal, Steel

Large Masterwork Haitian Folk Art Steel Drum Metal Work Sculpture Murat Brierre
By Murat Brierre
Located in Surfside, FL
away in 1988 at the age of 50. Brierre was known for his recycling of surplus steel oil drum lids
Category

Mid-20th Century Outsider Art Used Oil Drums

Materials

Iron

"Yellow Stag" by Gordon Chandler
By Gordon Chandler
Located in Chicago, IL
of a male deer head in a sheet of found steel. Cut from an industrial oil drum, the steel is finished
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Used Oil Drums

Materials

Steel

Used "Yellow Stag" by Gordon Chandler
"Yellow Stag" by Gordon Chandler
H 30 in W 26 in D 12 in
Yoruba House Post - Ex-Christie's
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
-Ekiti who purveyed motor oil to travelers on the side, the post was beside an oil drum and represented a
Category

Mid-20th Century Nigerian Used Oil Drums

Materials

Wood

Used Yoruba House Post - Ex-Christie's
Yoruba House Post - Ex-Christie's
H 60 in W 9 in D 11 in
"Six Point Cutout, " Reclaimed Steel Sculpture, 2012
By Gordon Chandler
Located in Chicago, IL
negative space to evoke the image of a stag. Cut from an industrial oil drum, the steel is finished with a
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Used Oil Drums

Materials

Steel

"Six Point Cutout" Found Steel Sculpture by Gordon Chandler
By Gordon Chandler
Located in Chicago, IL
negative space to evoke the image of a stag. Cut from an industrial oil drum, the steel is finished with a
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Used Oil Drums

Materials

Steel

Untitled (SD//P125) : mixed media work of art
Located in New York, NY
Mixed media work of art by artist Sydney Drum
Category

2010s Contemporary Used Oil Drums

Materials

Linen, Mixed Media, Oil

Untitled (SD//P130) : mixed media work of art
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary mixed media work of art by artist Syndey Drum.
Category

2010s Contemporary Used Oil Drums

Materials

Linen, Mixed Media, Oil

Christo, 'Project for the Gates VIII', Lithograph, 2003
By Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
appropriated everyday objects such as bottles, cans, furniture, and oil drums wrapped in canvas, bundled in
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Used Oil Drums

Materials

Offset

Christo, 'Wrapped Paris Review', 1982
By Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
appropriated everyday objects such as bottles, cans, furniture, and oil drums wrapped in canvas, bundled in
Category

1980s Contemporary Used Oil Drums

Materials

Offset

Christo, 'The Gates Collage', Lithograph, 1990
By Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
appropriated everyday objects such as bottles, cans, furniture, and oil drums wrapped in canvas, bundled in
Category

1990s Contemporary Used Oil Drums

Materials

Offset

Christo, 'Wrapped Trees Vertical', Lithograph, 1998
By Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
appropriated everyday objects such as bottles, cans, furniture, and oil drums wrapped in canvas, bundled in
Category

1990s Contemporary Used Oil Drums

Materials

Offset

"Untitled (Scrap Metal 4415), " Lucien Smith Anti-War Sculpture
By Lucien Smith
Located in New York, NY
, oil drums, automobile parts, and even a full-length truck, the metal objects have all been fired on by
Category

2010s Used Oil Drums

Materials

Steel

Drumming Soul - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Music, Men, Africa Drum
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
. My people enjoy playing the 'gángan' drum. It's a way they talk to each other, and everyone dances
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Used Oil Drums

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Pair of Mastercraft Oil Drop Lacquer Drum End / Side Tables
By Mastercraft
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of American mid-century drum-form end / side tables with four oil drop lacquer panels around
Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Used Oil Drums

Materials

Metal

Conjuring Spirits (Jungle Drums)
By Thomas Hart Benton
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Dynamic jungle drummer scene by unknown NYC American artist. Oil on canvas measuring 20 x 26 inches
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Used Oil Drums

Materials

Oil

Church, Constructs Elevation and Drum
By KOKO HOVAGUIMIAN
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
"Constructs: Church Elevation and Drum" The artwork size without framed 11x14 inches. Koko's oil
Category

2010s American Impressionist Used Oil Drums

Materials

Oil

Striding Drum Major, Magazine Cover
By Edgar Franklin Wittmack
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed and Dated Lower Right Cover of American Boy Weekly Magazine
Category

1920s Other Art Style Used Oil Drums

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Native American Girl Playing with Rattle Drum
By Jove Wang
Located in Pasadena, CA
" Artist Statement “For centuries, Native American tribes have used rattle drums in powwows, ceremonies
Category

2010s Impressionist Used Oil Drums

Materials

Oil, Panel

Woman with Scarf - Christo 1955 Oil on Cardboard
Located in Sofia, BG
, furniture, and oil drums wrapped in canvas, bundled in twine, and occasionally overlaid with automobile
Category

1950s Contemporary Used Oil Drums

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Devil Emerges from Surrealist Voodoo Drum - Sans titre (Diable)
Located in Miami, FL
An image of a horned devil with pointy claws and bat-like wings emerges from a Voodoo drum. He has
Category

1970s Surrealist Used Oil Drums

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Drums, Expressionist Group Portrait of Three Musicians by Philadelphia Artist
By Bernard Harmon
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Drums" is a painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 34" x 40" oil
Category

1960s Expressionist Used Oil Drums

Materials

Oil, Board

19th Century Romantic Genre Painting "First Lesson on Drum" by H. Rivers
Located in Shippensburg, PA
H. RIVERS American School, 19th century The First Lesson on the Drum Oil on Canvas Signed lower
Category

19th Century Romantic Used Oil Drums

Materials

Canvas, Giltwood, Paint

Vintage Folk Art Doll / Oil Can with Articulating Arms
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage Folk Art doll with tin drum body (oil can) and articulating arms, circa 1950s. The piece is
Category

Early 20th Century American Primitive Used Oil Drums

Materials

Tin

Monuments and Projects RARE 1960s print, signed & numbered, edition of only 100
By Christo
Located in New York, NY
disrupting oil companies' operations, since drums are needed at every stage of the delivery cycle. The
Category

1960s Pop Art Used Oil Drums

Materials

Ink, Lithograph, Offset

haitian oil drum cutout wallhanging
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
originalhand cut wall sculpture haiti
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Used Oil Drums

Materials

Stainless Steel

haitian oil drum cutout wallhanging
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
unique hand made haitian cutout wall piece
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic Used Oil Drums

Materials

Steel

Eclipse Table
By Emmett Moore
Located in Miami, FL
Oil drum, glass, brass, steel, rubber, lightbulb
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Used Oil Drums

Materials

Brass, Steel

Eclipse Table
H 38 in W 18 in D 18 in
Little Brother Drums
By Beth Parker
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Little Brother Drums, 2008 oil on canvas 10 x 8 " Beth Parker creates tender and intimate
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Used Oil Drums

Materials

Oil

Ask the Sticks ( subject matter: music, Drums, drumming. drummers)
By FPA Francis Pavy Artist
Located in Lafayette, LA
this 2016 painting depicts Muti-colored imagery of drums drumming and drummers. this is an unframed
Category

2010s Modern Used Oil Drums

Materials

Oil

John Hoppner 18th C. English Portrait Oil Painting "Girl with Drum"
By Sir John Hoppner
Located in Gallatin, TN
18th Century English Folk Art Portrait "Girl with Drum" attributed to the great English portrait
Category

18th Century Used Oil Drums

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1939 RPM Motor Oil Tin Sign with Disney's Mickey Mouse
By Walt Disney, Standard Oil Company
Located in Orange, CA
were used on 55 gallon drums. Impossible. Oil is a very dense liquid. Tin would not hold up that
Category

1940s American Used Oil Drums

Materials

Tin

Layers of skin, drum head
By Bernard Chadwick
Located in Culver City, CA
Bernard Chadwick is an artist and musician living and working in Los Angeles, California. He received his MFA from Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California, in 2010, where ...
Category

2010s Abstract Used Oil Drums

Materials

Canvas, Glass, Oil

The Drum, The Tree & The Owl
By Jacques Enguerrand Gourgue
Located in Haverstraw, NY
This tiny vintage piece is a collector's item, a must-have painted by Jacques-Enguerrand Gourgue, one of Haiti’s most renowned painters of the 20th century! "Gourgue's determination...
Category

1970s Folk Art Used Oil Drums

Materials

Masonite, Oil, Board

The Lady & The Drum #2-2-95MFN
By Emmanuel Dostaly
Located in Haverstraw, NY
The Lady & The Drum #2-2-95MFN , 1979
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Used Oil Drums

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Goodyear Tire
Located in Montreal, CA
habitats. In this vein, Willy Verginer juxtaposes oil drums, wild animals and clear-cut forests in his
Category

2010s Used Oil Drums

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Goodyear Tire
H 24 in W 22 in D 20 in
Acqua Alta Figure 9
Located in Montreal, CA
habitats. In this vein, Willy Verginer juxtaposes oil drums, wild animals and clear-cut forests in his
Category

2010s Used Oil Drums

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

La Testa Nel Oro
Located in Montreal, CA
habitats. In this vein, Willy Verginer juxtaposes oil drums, wild animals and clear-cut forests in his
Category

2010s Used Oil Drums

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

La Testa Nel Oro
H 38.5 in W 15.75 in D 11 in
Five Past Twelve
Located in Montreal, CA
habitats. In this vein, Willy Verginer juxtaposes oil drums, wild animals and clear-cut forests in his
Category

2010s Used Oil Drums

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Acqua Alta Figure 4
Located in Montreal, CA
habitats. In this vein, Willy Verginer juxtaposes oil drums, wild animals and clear-cut forests in his
Category

2010s Used Oil Drums

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Dentro II Riflesso
Located in Montreal, CA
habitats. In this vein, Willy Verginer juxtaposes oil drums, wild animals and clear-cut forests in his
Category

2010s Used Oil Drums

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Between Idyllic & Reality
Located in Montreal, CA
habitats. In this vein, Willy Verginer juxtaposes oil drums, wild animals and clear-cut forests in his
Category

2010s Used Oil Drums

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Rootless
Located in Montreal, CA
habitats. In this vein, Willy Verginer juxtaposes oil drums, wild animals and clear-cut forests in his
Category

2010s Used Oil Drums

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Rootless
Rootless
H 106 in W 23 in D 11 in
Acqua Alta Figure 3
Located in Montreal, CA
habitats. In this vein, Willy Verginer juxtaposes oil drums, wild animals and clear-cut forests in his
Category

2010s Used Oil Drums

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Acqua Alta Figure 3
H 27 in W 15.75 in D 10 in
Acqua Alta Figure 6
Located in Montreal, CA
habitats. In this vein, Willy Verginer juxtaposes oil drums, wild animals and clear-cut forests in his
Category

2010s Used Oil Drums

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Acqua Alta Figure 6
H 6 in W 16.5 in D 16.5 in
Acqua Alta Figure 5
Located in Montreal, CA
habitats. In this vein, Willy Verginer juxtaposes oil drums, wild animals and clear-cut forests in his
Category

2010s Used Oil Drums

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Acqua Alta Figure 5
H 15.75 in W 24 in D 9.5 in
Acqua Alta Figure 8
Located in Montreal, CA
habitats. In this vein, Willy Verginer juxtaposes oil drums, wild animals and clear-cut forests in his
Category

2010s Used Oil Drums

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Acqua Alta Figure 7
Located in Montreal, CA
habitats. In this vein, Willy Verginer juxtaposes oil drums, wild animals and clear-cut forests in his
Category

2010s Used Oil Drums

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Aspettando II Momento
Located in Montreal, CA
habitats. In this vein, Willy Verginer juxtaposes oil drums, wild animals and clear-cut forests in his
Category

2010s Used Oil Drums

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

1940 Standard Gasoline Advertising with Disney's Mickey Mouse
By Walt Disney, Standard Oil Company
Located in Orange, CA
were used on 55 gallon drums. Impossible. Oil is a very dense liquid. Tin would not hold up that
Category

1940s American Used Oil Drums

Materials

Tin

Restored Asian Cloisonné, Electrified Oil Lamp
Located in Austin, TX
Asian, restored and electrified, cloisonné oil lamp, shown with 14" drum shade. Lamp is priced
Category

1890s Chinese Used Oil Drums

Materials

Brass, Iron

Paper sculpture by Gentenaar
Located in Eindhoven, Noord Brabant
not cope with. Peter built a mixer in a 200-liter oil drum but this only separated the fibers and did
Category

2010s Contemporary Used Oil Drums

Materials

Handmade Paper

Painted Italian Faïence Lamps
By Hana Z
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th c pair of oil lamps . Silk drum shades pongee silk.
Category

19th Century Italian Used Oil Drums

Painted Italian Faïence Lamps
Painted Italian Faïence Lamps
H 31 in W 15 in D 7 in
Vintage Oil Drum Floor Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage oil drum atop contemporary base floor lamp, contemporary. Japan
Category

20th Century Japanese Industrial Used Oil Drums

Chanel Oil Drum Bag
By Chanel
Located in London, GB
Chanel Oil drum bag featuring a spray paint effect finish and antiqued silver-tone hardware. The
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Used Oil Drums

Chanel Oil Drum Bag
Chanel Oil Drum Bag
H 3.75 in W 5.91 in D 3.75 in
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Used Oil Drums For Sale on 1stDibs

Find a variety of used oil drums available on 1stDibs. There are many Contemporary, Abstract and Modern versions of these works for sale. These items have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. You can search the used oil drums that we have for sale on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of brown, black, gray and blue. Heather Barron, Bernard Harmon, Bernard Chadwick, Christo and Jeanne-Claude and Emmanuel Dostaly took a thoughtful approach to this subject that are worth considering. Frequently made by artists working in oil paint, paint and canvas, all of these available pieces are unique and have attracted attention over the years.

How Much are Used Oil Drums?

Prices for pieces in our collection of used oil drums start at $250 and top out at $420,000 with the average selling for $2,478.
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    How you use a brass oil lamp may vary based on the design of the piece. However, generally, you fill the lamp with vegetable, sesame or similar plant-based oil. Use tweezers to raise and lower the wick and trim away burned ends with scissors. Then, use a match to light the lamp. On 1stDibs, shop an assortment of oil lamps.
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    Yes, oil lamps are still used today. However, most people utilize oil lamps while camping or during power outages in the U.S. It is uncommon for Americans to light their homes only with oil lamps. On 1stDibs, shop a collection of antique oil lamps.
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    You can use oil paint on wood as long as you prep the wood first. The first thing you should do is seal the wood with a primer. Ideally, paint two coats of sealer onto the wood so that the paint doesn't cause the wood to rot over time.
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    To use a hanging oil lamp, remove the oil font from the base and fill it three-quarters of the way with clear lamp oil. Return the font and close the base. Twist the knob to raise the wick until it is a little less than 0.25 inches above the burner. Light with a match or lighter. After extinguishing and allowing time for cooling, trim the burned end off of the wick. You'll find a collection of hanging oil lamps on 1stDibs.
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    Yes, Dali did indeed use oil paint. Although he used oil paints in the traditional method, he would at times add natural resin or linseed oil to play with fluidity and texture. You can shop a selection of Salvador Dali’s pieces from some of the world’s top art dealers on 1stDibs.
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    People began using early versions of oil lamps for spiritual purposes during ancient times. References to oil-burning lamps are found in both the Torah and the Bible. Oil lamps became popular for everyday use lighting homes and businesses in the late 19th century with the advent of the kerosene lamp. Shop a selection of antique oil lamps on 1stDibs.
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    The name of the first artist to use oil paints isn't known. However, historians have traced the use of oils back to 7th-century Afghanistan. There, Buddhist artists used oil paintings to produce religious artworks. One of the first artists to be famous for their use of oil paints was Jan van Eyck, a Flemish artist who was active from 1422 to 1441. On 1stDibs, shop a collection of oil paintings.
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