a wild dog and captured enemies + so much more

this week in outsider art also includes another marvin bailey eyeball jug, mose tolliver's bill traylor people, a featured artist and the nameless art show of anonymous works

Jan 14, 2024

THIS WEEK IN OUTSIDER ART

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**MARIA PRYMACHENKO** A wild dog hunted a hare, but did not catch it (1972) // Paper, gouache; collection of the Ponamarchuk Family via *The* *Ukrainian Museum*

ARTIST UNKNOWN Captured Enemies (c. 1960s) // 155 x 88 cm (61 x 34 inches) via *Asafo Flags*

SUE WILLIE SELTZER "Housetop"—Nine-Block "Half-Log Cabin" Variation (c. 1955) // Cotton and synthetic blends; 80 x 76 inches via *Souls Grown Deep Foundation* / part of the permanent collection of Met Museum

another Marvin Bailey eyeball jug, complete with snake

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**EUGENE VON BRUENCHENHEIN** Chicken Bone Throne (date unknown) // Chicken bones; silver spray paint over pink and red paint; wire armature; glue. Top of seat back made of rib bones; armrests of wing bones; front legs of vertebrae via *Philadelphia Museum of Art*

**AMERICAN ARTIST UNKNOWN** Bass and Sucker "Floater" Decoy (ca. 1930) // Carved and painted wood with metal via *Milwaukee Art Museum*

**MOSE TOLLIVER** Bill Traylor People (1987) // Housepaint on plywood; 29 1/4 × 23 1/2 in. (74.3 × 59.7 cm) via *The Met Museum*

**MARTÍN RAMÍREZ** Abstraction with Colonade (date unknown) // Gouache and colored pencil and graphite on pieced paper; 19 x 26 in. via *The Keen Collection*

**ARTIST UNKNOWN** Meco Mask (c. 1960) // Wood, paint, animal hair; 7 3/8 × 5 × 2 15/16 in. via *Museum of International Folk Art*

**NAH HI YURS (Carl Matches)** Ledger Drawing (ca. 1875-78) // Matches Ledger Book; Southern Cheyenne / Central Plains via *Donald Ellis Gallery*

**TWILARK** Sleeping Stone (Self Portrait) (2023) // Acrylic on Canvas courtesy *the artist*

**GABRIELLE K BROWN** The Waiting Game (c. 2022-2023) // Airbrush and acrylic on canvas with wood frame — *available for purchase via the artist in the FolkArtwork Collective shop*

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FEATURED ARTIST OF THE WEEK

**FOUED MOKRANI** Untitled mixed media works (2023) courtesy *the artist*

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WATCHING AND READING

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OH WORD?

Woman in profile, carved wood with polychrome, c. late 19th/early 20th century via *Joshua Lowenfels Works of Art*

You won’t know the names of any of these artists, but you’ll surely enjoy their work.

Later this month, the NAMELESS Art + Design Show featuring American art and design by unknown makers from 1600-1970 with take place in New York City. Featuring works by anonymous outsider and folk artists, and functional objects including furniture, lighting, and textiles by undiscovered vernacular designers on January 26-28 during NY Antiques Week.

Folk art fence post wall shelf with polychrome, c. 1920s-40s via *Critical Eye Finds*

Nameless aims to invert the market and institutional forces that continue to discount and neglect this remarkable unidentified material while inspiring collectors to engage it with fresh eyes. Celebrating works made for the joy of creative expression as well as those created out of necessity, Nameless broadens the story of American art through exciting discoveries, opening paths for scholarship, and honoring the genius of countless individuals whose names are forever lost to time.” — NAMELESS Art Show

See more works from a few fantastic galleries who will be presenting at NAMELESS.

Please note that these works may or may not still be available or at the show — but you are guaranteed to see a tremendous amount of beautiful anonymous work.

SHOUTOUT

A long overdue shoutout to the super-talented Orsolya for the beautiful gift — my wife and I adore it.

FIVE YEARS AGO…

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