Bill Traylor

by Valerie Rousseau and Debra Purden

Richly illustrated with full-page stunning reproductions, this is a unique and original approach to the work of Bill Traylor. Born into slavery around 1853/4 on a cotton plantation in Benton, Alabama, Traylor, who died in 1949, is one of the most celebrated self-taught American artists. A sharecropper until around 1930, he moved to then-segregated Montgomery in his 80s and began to create art, layering references to religion, politics, and African...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8874398212
• ISBN13: 9788874398218
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: 5 Continents Editions
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 2.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 9.7" x 11.3"