Deep Blues: Bill Traylor, 1854-1949
- ISBN-10
- 0300081634
- ISBN-13
- 9780300081633
- Series
- Deep Blues
- Category
- Art
- Pages
- 192
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999-01-01
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Authors
- Musée des beaux-arts, Bill Traylor, Museum Ludwig
Description
Bill Traylor, born into slavery in 1854, began to draw at the age of 82 in 1939 when he moved from the plantation where he was born to Montgomery, Alabama. He has become an almost mythical figure in the history of American folk art.
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Other editions
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- 1996
- 208 pages
- Paperback
- Hal Leonard Corporation
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