Ruby C. Williams Folk Art Painting "Tired of the Good Guy"

Item Details

Ruby C. Williams (Florida, 20th/21st century)
Tired of the Good Guy
Acrylic painting on repurposed wood panel
Signed with monogram to lower right and to verso

Ruby C. Williams was raised in Bealsville, Florida, a community founded in 1865 by freed slaves, including Williams’ great grandmother, Mary Reddick. She left for New Jersey, where she became a minister, and then returned to Florida where she ran a produce stand on her property. It was her brightly colored hand-painted signs that attracted the attention of Rodney Hardy, who encouraged her to sell her work beginning in 1991. Williams has since exhibited her work in galleries and museums both in Florida and across the country, including at the Smithsonian Anacostia Museum in Washington D.C., and in 2005 she was awarded the Florida Folk Heritage Award.

Condition

- surface cracks to board’ scattered accretion; wear to board edges and corners, including small amounts of paint loss; board is slightly bowed; round hole to board to upper center.

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Item #

ITMG267654