Norman Scott "Butch" Quinn 1986 Mixed Media on Canvas "The Crown"

Item Details

Norman Scott “Butch” Quinn
The Crown
Mixed Media
Signed to the lower right

Norman Scott “Butch” Quinn (Pennsylvania, 1939-2006)
The Crown, 1986
Acrylic paint, rope, fabric, and found objects on canvas
Signed to lower right
Signed, titled, dated, and inscribed to verso
24’ W x 28’ H x 1’ D

A mixed media composition on canvas titled The Crown by self-taught American artist Norman Scott “Butch” Quinn (Pennsylvania, 1939-2006), created in 1986. This work exhibits the artist typical style and method featuring rope, fabric, various found objects, and dotted pigments to depict a scalloped radial design. The work is signed “N.S. Quinn” to the lower right. It is also signed, titled, inscribed, and specifically dated ‘Oct 25 – 1986’ to the canvas verso. The composition remains unframed.

Norman Scott “Butch” Quinn didn’t begin making art until the age of 35. He began making collages and paintings with found objects, paints, markers and other mixed medias exemplary of outsider and folk art. He was born June 16, 1939 in Oil City, PA. He is entirely untrained and his works combine elements of fantasy, religion and common life. Today, his works can be found in the collection of the Museum of American Folk Art in New York City, the Smithsonian Institution Museum of American Art in Washington, D.C., the Clarion University of Pennsylvania Museum and the Westmoreland Museum of American Art.

Condition

- minor wear to edges of composition.

Dimensions

Item #

18DCC450-038