Mose Tolliver Folk Art Painting of Figure, Possibly Artist's Wife
Item Details
Mose Ernest Tolliver (Alabama, 1920 – 2006)
Untitled (possibly of wife, Willie Mae Thomas)
House paint on board
Signed to lower right
Born in Alabama, self-taught Outsider artist Mose Tolliver began painting after a work accident left his legs severely injured. He is known for his brightly colored compositions featuring simplistic forms and shapes often portraying abstract figures, animals, and nature. His works have been exhibited at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the American Folk Art Museum, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, among other prestigious institutions.
Condition
- abrasions and paint loss to the right; holes from removed nails to the right and left and to the eye of figure; chips and abrasions to the edges; scattered marks and accretion.
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Item #
ITMGF77967
