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  • SelfPortraitat84

    MoseTolliver(c.19212006)

    Location:Montgomery,Alabama,UnitedStates

    Date:1978

    Materials:Housepaintonplywood

    Dimensions:2013/161613/16"

    Credit:GiftofRobertBishop

    AccessionNumber:1987.11.3

    Photocredit:JohnParnell

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    ThisselfportraitbyMoses(orMose)ErnestTolliver,aprolificartistfromMontgomery,Alabama,isoneofhismostintenseworks.Theredpaintdrippingfromtheupperlipandthestrongredlineseparatingthebared,gleamingwhiteteethevokespowerandterror,whiletheredborderfurtherenlivensthecomposition.Facialfeaturesarelopsided,nostrilsandeyesareofdifferentsizes,andtheunnervingeyesareshapedlikeverticaldrawerhandles.Thedarkbrownfaceiscrownedbytheclosecropped,curlywhitehairTolliverhadfromanearlyage.AndontopofTolliver'sheadisadecorativehandlelikeobjectthattheartistcalleda"headbob."

    Tolliver'sfatherwasatenantfarmerontheRittenourfarminthePikeRoadareaofAlabamawheretheartistwasborn.Tolliverreceivedlimited

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  • formaleducation,andmuchofhisearlyliferevolvedaroundfarmrelatedchores.Whenhewasateenager,heandhismothermovedtonearbyMontgomery,whereheperformedoddjobsandtookspecialpleasureinyardworkandgardening.HemarriedWillieMaeThomasintheearly1940s,andtheyhadelevenchildren.Fordecades,TolliverworkedintheshippingdepartmentofthelocalMcClendonFurnitureFactory.Afteraninjurytohislegsforcedhimtoleavehisjob,hetookupart.

    Tolliverpaintedabstractsingleimagesofpeople,animals,fantastichalfman/halfanimalhybrids,plantlife,andvehicles,aswellasmultifigurednarratives.Sexualimageryprevailsinwhattheartistcalledhis"nasty"pictures.Andawrysenseofhumorisevidentinallthepaintings,manyofwhichhaveimaginativetitles.Tolliverusedhousepaintinapalettetypicallylimitedtoafewcolorsbrown,blue,white,andredinthisworkfromwhichhewasabletocreateavarietyoftonalgradationswithwetonwetapplication.

    LeeKogan,"SelfPortrait,"inStacyC.Hollander,AmericanAnthem:MasterworksfromtheAmericanFolkArtMuseum(NewYork:HarryN.AbramsinassociationwithAmericanFolkArtMuseum,2001),386.

    SelfPortraitat84Date:1978Artist:MoseTolliver(c.19212006)Dimensions:2013/161613/16"Materials:HousepaintonplywoodCreditLine:GiftofRobertBishopPlace/Region:UnitedStates,MontgomeryDescription:AccessionNumber:1987.11.3

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