Mose was very proud of this painting, saying It looks just like me, don’t it! This one is unique and rare as hens teeth! It does posses a Zen like simplicity and strength. Head in profile and eyes looking forward makes for a unique reorganization of the face parts. Also notice the wonderful effect that Mose achieved by putting wet paint on top of other wet paint caused in the floating dot blobs. I acquired this painting and some others directly from Mose in Montgomery, Alabama in the summer of 1989. It is signed his typical backward S style and it has a pop top tab hanger. His former employer encouraged him to start painting, and Tolliver began to create images with house paint on pieces of plywood, Masonite, or old furniture. Unable to stand without crutches, he sat on his bed to paint, placing the board on his knees. Then in the 1980s Mose had a solo show at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, and was included in a folk art exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery, in Washington, D. His work is in the Collection of the Smithsonian Museum of American Art and numerous other public and private collections. The item “Mose Tolliver Afican American Folk Art SELF PORTRAIT Painting, 1989, 24×24″ is in sale since Sunday, April 19, 2020. This item is in the category “Art\Folk Art & Indigenous Art”. The seller is “artistvoodoo” and is located in Willimantic, Connecticut. This item can be shipped to United States.
- Style: Folk Art
- Type: Signs
- Features: Signed
