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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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