Archuleta / Doyle / Pierce / Traylor / Hunter / Sudduth / Jennings / Pressley / Aaron / Murray / Bloom / Some OthersBill Traylor (1854-1949) is one of the most celebrated outsider artists, whose unselfconscious and
expressive drawings were all done during his eighties, over a span of 5 years. He was discovered by artist Charles Shannon
in Montgomery, Alabama in 1939, drawing with a pencil stub and straight-edged stick on discarded shirt cardboard.
The 1982 exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery of Art entitled “Black Folk Art in America” brought Traylor to
national attention as a major artist and visual storyteller.
Just Folk recently acquired a collection of works by Bill Traylor that has not been seen in the United States for
over a decade. The acquisition is believed to be one of the largest groups of Traylor works available, and
contains 28 pieces, many of which are featured in the “Bill Traylor High Singing Blue” catalogue which accompanied
the 1997 exhibit of the same name at Hirschl and Adler Modern in New York and Carl Hammer Gallery.
Several pieces are also featured in “Bill Traylor: His Art, His Life” by Frank Maresca and Roger Ricco, Knopf, 1991.
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Woman Pointing
BILL TRAYLOR Poster paint and graphite on cardboard, c.1939-42. 14 1/2 x 11 inches $110,000 |
Owl
BILL TRAYLOR Colored graphite on cardboard, c.1939-42. 9 x 7 inches $90,000 |
Black Bear
BILL TRAYLOR Poster paint and graphite on cardboard, c.1939-42. 11 1/4 x 15 1/4 inches $85,000 |
Red Cat, Black Bull
BILL TRAYLOR Poster paint and pencil on cardboard, c.1939-42. 15 x 12 1/2 inches SOLD |
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Exciting Event with
Construction
BILL TRAYLOR Poster paint and pencil on cardboard, c.1939-42. 14 x 16 inches SOLD |
Man and Cat on
Organic Form BILL TRAYLOR Poster paint and graphite on cardboard, c.1939-42. 15 x 14 inches $125,000 |
Yellow Goat
BILL TRAYLOR Poster paint and graphite on cardboard, c.1939-42. 10 x 13 1/2 inches SOLD |
Black Dog Running
BILL TRAYLOR Poster paint and graphite on cardboard, c.1939-42 14 x 15 inches $125,000 |
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Brown Bull
BILL TRAYLOR Poster paint and graphite on cardboard, c.1939-42. 10 3/4 x 14 7/10 inches SOLD |
Green Critter Running
BILL TRAYLOR Poster paint and graphite on cardboard, c.1939-42. 13 x 15 inches $90,000 |
Black and Brown Turkey
BILL TRAYLOR Poster paint and graphite on cardboard, c.1939-42. 9 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches $90,000 |
Man with Stick (Pipe)
BILL TRAYLOR Poster paint and graphite on cardboard, c.1939-42. 13 1/2 x 8 inches $90,000 |
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Half Spotted Cat
BILL TRAYLOR Poster paint and pencil on cardboard, c.1939-42. 12 x 16 inches $85,000 |
Two Blue Chickens
BILL TRAYLOR Poster paint and graphite on cardboard, c.1939-42. 7 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches $85,000 |
Black Pig
BILL TRAYLOR Poster paint on cardboard, c.1939-42 11 x 15 inches SOLD |
Blue Man with “B”
on His Back BILL TRAYLOR Poster paint and graphite on cardboard, c.1939-42. 13 x 7 inches $85,000 |
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Bird on Triangular
Construction
BILL TRAYLOR Poster paint and pencil, c.1939-42. 7 x 4 1/2 inches $95,000 |
Blue Cat
BILL TRAYLOR Poster paint and graphite on cardboard, c.1939-42. 15 x 14 inches Illustrated in Bill Traylor: His Art - His Life, by Frank Maresca and Roger Ricco, published by Alfred A. Knopf , New York, 1991, p. 48 $125,000 |
Lizard
BILL TRAYLOR Poster paint and graphite on cardboard, c.1939-42. 12 x 5 1/2 inches $85,000 |
He’s Sullin
BILL TRAYLOR Poster paint and graphite on cardboard, c.1939-42. 11 3/8 x 17 inches Illustrated in Bill Traylor: His Art - His Life, by Frank Maresca and Roger Ricco, published by Alfred A. Knopf , New York, 1991, p. 27 $125,000 |
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Brown Bird |
Spotted Cat
BILL TRAYLOR Poster paint and graphite on cardboard, c.1939-42. 11 x 9 inches $85,000 |
Mexican Man
with Suitcase
BILL TRAYLOR Poster paint and graphite on cardboard, c.1939-42. 13 3/4 x 7 1/4 inches $110,000 |
Woman with Handbag
and Umbrella BILL TRAYLOR Poster paint and graphite on cardboard, c.1939-42. 16 x 8 inches $125,000 |
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Fish
BILL TRAYLOR Poster paint and graphite on cardboard, c.1939-42. 11 x 14 inches $85,000 |
Turkey Chasing Bug
BILL TRAYLOR Poster paint and graphite on cardboard, c.1939-42. 7 1/2 x 12.6 inches $85,000 |
Standing Hen
BILL TRAYLOR Poster paint and graphite on cardboard, c.1939-42. 13 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches $85,000 |
Black Horse
BILL TRAYLOR Poster paint on graphite on cardboard, c.1939-42. 13 1/3x 15 inches SOLD |
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