Jonah and the Fish, 1980

Details

ELIJAH PIERCE (1892-1984) AND LEROY ALMON (1938-1997)
Jonah and the Fish, 1980
signed and dated 'Leroy Almon Student + Elijah Pierce 4-22-80' in Pierce's handwriting on reverse
paint and metallic paint on carved wood backed with cardboard, in artist-made frame
image 11 ¼ in. x 29 in.; artist-made frame 15 ¾ x 33 ¾ in.

Provenance

William Arnett, Atlanta, Georgia

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Cara Zimmerman Head of Americana and Outsider Art

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Lot Essay

In 1979, Leroy Almon became an apprentice to established and respected woodcarver Elijah Pierce. For a very brief period of time, the two artists collaborated on pieces and by 1982, Almon left Columbus, Ohio, armed with his own artistic practice and style. As well as being a strong, flowing, sophisticated composition in conversation with Pierce's 1949 Jonah and the Fish, this work is a wonderful historic record of Pierce as teacher and Almon as student.

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