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BILL TRAYLOR (C. 1853-1949)
Brown Cat With Geometric Front Legs
tempera and graphite on repurposed Baby Ruth card
714 x 1314 in. (18.4 x 33.7 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, 1992.
The William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation, Mount Kisco, New York, gift from the above, 2016.
Exhibited
New York, Ricco/Maresca Gallery, Bill Traylor: An American Prodigy, 1997, cat. 37.
New York, David Zwirner, Bill Traylor: Works from The William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation, February 22-April 13, 2024.
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