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Bill Traylor, Lamp.

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Pencil and gouache on cardboard box top. 10" x 7.25", frame is 20" x 16". Provenance: Collection of Joe and Pat Wilkinson, auctioned by Sotheby's December 3, 1997. Featured on page 33 of the catalog, Bill Traylor Drawings from the Collection of Joe and Pat Wilkinson, Barbara Louviere. Est. $15,000-20,000. Ship: $100 (strong box)Traylor, born into Slavery in Alabama in 1854, began producing drawings in 1939 at the age of 83. He sold his drawings for pennies on the street corner. His work was discovered by Charles Shannon who arranged for several shows of Traylor's work. There was very little interest in Traylor's work until the landmark exhibition, Black Folk Art in America, at the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D.C. Now, Traylor is considered to be one of the most important Self-taught artists of the 20th century.

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