21st century, including a slender couple in purple attire; (2) older gentlemen with hats, one with a cane; a man in a blue uniform, a man in blue, and (2) women with crossed arms; five are signed to the undersides and four are dated.

The largest 10 1/2 in. (man in uniform)

After his career as a professional basketball player, Lavon Williams enrolled in art school in California, where he faced derogatory comments from a professor insisting black artists have no future. Year later, Williams picked up the hammer and chisel and began to carve his life into wood.

LaVon Van Williams, Jr.’s work has been featured at the Smithsonian Anacostia Museum, the Hickory Museum of Art, New York’s Outsider Art Fair, and for his seminal solo 30 year retrospective at the Kentucky Folk Art Center.

All in good estate condition.