BILL TRAYLOR (CIRCA 1853-1949)
BILL TRAYLOR (CIRCA 1853-1949)
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BILL TRAYLOR (CIRCA 1853-1949)

UNTITLED (YOUNG MULE)

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BILL TRAYLOR (CIRCA 1853-1949)
UNTITLED (YOUNG MULE)
bearing Charles Shannon sticker A56 Mules/ x-71 and additional sticker Young Mule/ M07512D (verso)
graphite on repurposed Granger Pipe Tabacco advertisement
20 x 14 in.
Executed circa 1939-42.

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Lot Essay

Painted on the back of an advertisement for Granger Pipe Tabacco, Traylor's Young Mule exhibits the spontaneous creativity of one of the most important 20th century self-taught artists. Traylor was born into slavery in circa 1853. After a lifetime on a plantation, Bill Traylor moved to Montgomery, Alabama. There, from a doorstep on Monroe Street, he composed starkly modernist images of lively animals, vibrant landscapes, and active people. The present subject was likely taken from memories on a plantation and the remarkable, large-format mule demonstrates Traylor’s mastery over space, his subject matter and his media.

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