Mose Tolliver (American, 1925-2006), Possum

House paint on plywood board, signed at lower right, unframed.

20 1/4 x 17 1/4 in.

From the Collection of Carolyn Ikenberry, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Mose Tolliver was born to sharecroppers near Montgomery, Alabama. After a severe injury in the late 1960s, he turned to painting as a means to combat boredom and pain. Tolliver's work has been exhibited in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C., the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, American Folk Art Museum, New York, and the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, Alabama.

Good estate condition, minor age cracking to board.