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PROPERTY FROM THE WILLIAM LOUIS-DREYFUS FOUNDATION
BILL TRAYLOR (CIRCA 1853-1949)
Geometric Construction with Multiple Figures, 1939-1942
Details
BILL TRAYLOR (CIRCA 1853-1949)
Geometric Construction with Multiple Figures, 1939-1942
bears label H-6 Figures, Construction, Black Jug on reverse
tempera and graphite on repurposed card
13 ½ x 15 in.
Geometric Construction with Multiple Figures, 1939-1942
bears label H-6 Figures, Construction, Black Jug on reverse
tempera and graphite on repurposed card
13 ½ x 15 in.
Provenance
Ricco Maresca Gallery, New York
William Louis-Dreyfus, Mount Kisco, New York, 1997 (acquired from the above)
The William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation, Mount Kisco, New York, 2013 (gifted from the above)
William Louis-Dreyfus, Mount Kisco, New York, 1997 (acquired from the above)
The William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation, Mount Kisco, New York, 2013 (gifted from the above)
Literature
Ricco Maresca Gallery, Bill Traylor: Observing Life (Ricco Maresca, 1997), no. 53.
Josef Helfenstein and Roman Kurzmeyer, eds., Deep Blues: Bill Traylor 1854-1949 (Yale University Press, 1999), no. 30.
William Louis-Dreyfus, Karen Wilkin and Trenton Doyle Hancock, Inside the Outside: Five Self-taught Artists from the William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation (William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation, 2015), no. 49.
Valerie Rousseau and Debra Purden, Bill Traylor (5 Continents Editions, 2018), p. 97.
Josef Helfenstein and Roman Kurzmeyer, eds., Deep Blues: Bill Traylor 1854-1949 (Yale University Press, 1999), no. 30.
William Louis-Dreyfus, Karen Wilkin and Trenton Doyle Hancock, Inside the Outside: Five Self-taught Artists from the William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation (William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation, 2015), no. 49.
Valerie Rousseau and Debra Purden, Bill Traylor (5 Continents Editions, 2018), p. 97.
Exhibited
Bern, Switzerland, Kunstmuseum Bern and Cologne, Germany, Museum Ludwig, Deep Blues: Bill Traylor 1854-1949, 4 November 1998 - 31 January 1999 (Bern) and 26 February - 16 May 1999 (Cologne).
New York, American Folk Art Museum, Traylor in Motion: Wonders from New York Collections, 11 June - 22 September 2013.
Katonah, New York, Katonah Museum of Art; Greensboro, North Carolina, Weatherspoon Art Museum; and Naples, Florida, The Baker Museum, Inside the Outside: Five Self-Taught Artists from the William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation, 19 July - 11 October 2015 (Katonah), 21 May - 4 September 2016 (Greensboro), 28 March - 23 July 2017 (Naples).
New York, American Folk Art Museum, Traylor in Motion: Wonders from New York Collections, 11 June - 22 September 2013.
Katonah, New York, Katonah Museum of Art; Greensboro, North Carolina, Weatherspoon Art Museum; and Naples, Florida, The Baker Museum, Inside the Outside: Five Self-Taught Artists from the William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation, 19 July - 11 October 2015 (Katonah), 21 May - 4 September 2016 (Greensboro), 28 March - 23 July 2017 (Naples).
Brought to you by
Cara Zimmerman
Head of Americana and Outsider Art
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