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BILL TRAYLOR (C. 1853-1949)
Dancing Cauldron
signed 'Charles Shannon' (on reverse)
tempera and graphite on repurposed Collin's Butter Scotch card
934 x 8 in. (24.8 x 20.3 cm.)
Executed circa 1939-42.
Provenance
Charles and Eugenia Shannon, Montgomery, Alabama.
Ricco/Maresca Gallery, New York.
William Louis-Dreyfus, Mount Kisco, New York, acquired from the above, 1993.
The William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation, Mount Kisco, New York, gift from the above, 2016.
Literature
V. Rousseau and D. Purden, Bill Traylor, Milan, 2018, p. 33, illustrated.
L. Umberger, Between Worlds: The Art of Bill Traylor, Washington DC, 2018, pp. 148, 196, fig. 59, pl. 50, illustrated.
Exhibited
New South, Montgomery, Alabama, New South Gallery, Bill Traylor: People's Artist, February 1940.
New York, American Folk Art Museum, Traylor in Motion: Wonders from New York Collections, June 11-September 22, 2013.
New York, David Zwirner, Bill Traylor: Works from The William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation, February 22-April 13, 2024.
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