Name/Title
Golden EagleEntry/Object ID
2009.1.12Description
Mose Tolliver often painted images of animals, and his subjects usually took up the majority of the picture plane and were surrounded by a painted border. Golden Eagle depicts a yellow bird beginning to take flight against a bight blue sky. A reddish/brown border closely surrounds the bird. Like with many of his works, Tolliver attached a soda can tab to the painting as a hanging device. The Gadsden Arts Center exhibited this work in the exhibition, Vernacular Art from the Hill Collection, August 28 - October 25, 2009.Collection
Southern Vernacular Art CollectionAcquisition
Accession
2009.1Source or Donor
Lou and Calynne HillAcquisition Method
GiftMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Tolliver, MoseRole
ArtistDate made
n.d.Interpretative Labels
Label
Mose Tolliver (1920-2006)
Born in Alabama in 1920, Tolliver claimed to have been creating artwork his entire life. His images are created on house-paint encrusted pieces of plywood and include sexually explicit images of women, self-portraits, buses, birds, snakes, and fruit. He would attach these images to the tab of a soda or beer can as a hanging device. As the years progressed, Tolliver became less dexterous and began to train his children to carry out his works.Created By
admin@catalogit.appCreate Date
July 8, 2009