Name/Title

untitled

Entry/Object ID

2019.7.13

Description

Childlike figure in a green dress with pronounced ears and hair. Against a dark gray background. Painting is done on a cardboard picture frame insert.

Artwork Details

Medium

Cardboard, paint

Collection

Southern Vernacular Art Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2019.7

Source or Donor

Mr. Josh Feldstein

Acquisition Method

Donation

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Tolliver, Mose

Role

Artist

Dimensions

Height

14 in

Width

11 in

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

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Create Date

July 26, 2019