lanavenotte:

Bill Traylor

William “Bill” Traylor (1853–1949) was an African-American self-taught artist from Lowndes County, Alabama. Born into slavery, Traylor spent the majority of his life after emancipation as a sharecropper. It was only after 1939, following his move to Montgomery, Alabama that Traylor began to draw. At the age of 85, he took up a pencil and a scrap of cardboard to document his recollections and observations. From 1939 to 1942, while working on the sidewalks of Montgomery, Traylor produced nearly 1,500 pieces of art.

magictransistor:

Bill Traylor

pwlanier:

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Bill Traylor (American, 1854-1949). Man in Hat and Spotted Shirt Pointing, 1939-1942. Poster paint and pencil with string on cardboard. 12 x 9 13/8 inches. The William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation. © Bill Traylor.

mybeingthere:

William “Bill” Traylor (1853–1949) was an African-American self-taught artist from Lowndes County, Alabama. Born into slavery, Traylor spent the majority of his life after emancipation as a sharecropper. It was only after 1939, following his move to Montgomery, Alabama that Traylor began to draw. 

At the age of 85, he took up a pencil and a scrap of cardboard to document his recollections and observations. From 1939 to 1942, while working on the sidewalks of Montgomery, Traylor produced nearly 1,500 pieces of art.

nemfrog:

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Swordfish. In ocean land. 1927.

Internet Archive

nobrashfestivity:

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Shio Kusaka: Volume 3; 2014, 2015, 2016. Blum & Poe “Published in conjunction with the exhibition Shio Kusaka (July 2 — August 20, 2016) held at Blum & Poe Los Angeles.

This catalogue is the first in an ongoing series of catalogues documenting a selection of Kusaka’s artworks, inspired by Japanese pottery reference books. This first volume focuses on works from 2014–2016. Shio Kusaka lives and works in Los Angeles. Her work was included in the 2014 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, and has been exhibited throughout the world.”

Arcana Books

jareckiworld:

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Pedro Friedeberg — The Celestial Economy (acrylic and ink on board, 1977)

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South America; a geography reader
Isaiah Bowman, 1878-1950.

Library of Congress

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Under the Southern cross in South America
Williamson Buckman, 1914

Library of Congress

jareckiworld:
“Chris Millar — Eclipse at Arc Valley II (resin, acrylic paint, brass, steel, glass, aluminum, 2021/2022)
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