クリスティーズさんのインスタグラム写真 - (クリスティーズInstagram)「Born to slavery, self-taught artist Bill Traylor spent most of his life as a sharecropper and was into his 80s when he first started to experiment with artistic expression in 1939 — initially documenting his observations of life in Montgomery, Alabama in pencil on scraps of cardboard.⠀ .⠀ 'Two Dogs Fighting', is a large, exceptional work, revealing the artist's mastery over space, his subject matter and his media. The energetic unevenness of the repurposed cardboard is highlighted by the active rearing dogs and kicking man.⠀ .⠀ The drawing includes elements in tempera, colored pencil, and graphite, showing the diversity of Traylor's mark-making in a manner not usually evident in a single work. This sophisticated play between placement and rendering style and application speaks to the artist's skill in harnessing his marks to create nuanced narratives.⠀ .⠀ Traylor's signature, rarely included in his works, is embedded in the central section of the image, situating the artist actively amidst his subjects.⠀ .⠀ Bill Traylor (c.1853-1949), 'Two Dogs Fighting; Man Chasing Dog', 1939-1942. Estimate: $100,000-200,000.⠀ .⠀ Outsider and Vernacular Art — 21 January, New York⠀ .⠀ #billtraylor #outsiderart #vernacularart #art #artist #Blackartist #selftaughtartist」1月7日 22時28分