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Bill Traylor Woman in Polka Dot Skirt

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Bill Traylor, 1854-1947 Woman in Polka Dot Skirt, c. 1939-42. Pencil and poster paint on shirt cardboard. 7.5" w x 13.5" h, archival frame is 15" w x 21.5" h. Highly collectible piece in excellent condition. Provenance: Hershal Adler to Karsten Gerve Gallery (Paris and Koln). Est. $35,000-40,000. Ship: $50 (overnight shipping). Bill Traylor is considered one of the most important self-taught artists of the 20th century. Traylor was born into slavery on a plantation near Selma, Alabama in 1854. Having no formal education, he remained on the plantation for more than 80 years, even after he was emancipated working as a farm hand and raising his 22 children. After his wife passed away and his children were grown, Traylor moved to Montgomery, AL. At the age of 85, he was homeless and in poor health; unable to work. Traylor began drawing with pencil and poster paints on cardboard, sitting on the sidewalk on Monroe Street. Traylor's work was first shown in Montgomery in 1940, and became widely known in 1982 when he was included in the Corcoran Gallery of Art's landmark exhibition "Black Folk Art in America: 1930-1980. Now Traylor's work is exhibited in many galleries and museums, and is a part of both public and private collections.

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