DAVID BUTLER (1898-1997)

Lot 95
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ID 700081
Lot 95 | DAVID BUTLER (1898-1997)
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DAVID BUTLER (1898-1997)

Skunk, circa 1975

paint and plastic on metal

6 1⁄2 x 16 5⁄8 in.







Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist, circa 1975





Literature

Jane Livingston and John Beardsley, Black Folk Art in America 1930-1980 (Mississippi, 1982), cat. no. 47, ill. p. 68.

John Russell, "A Remarkable Exhibition of Black Folk Art in America," New York Times, Feb. 14 1982, p. 33, sec. D.





Exhibited

New Orleans Museum of Art, David Butler, 13 February- 21 March; New Orleans, Morgan City Municipal Auditorium 11 April- 9 May 1976.

Laurel, Mississippi, Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Unschooled Artists, 1979.

Washington D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art, Black Folk Art in America 1930-1980, 4 July- 12 September 1982.
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