Slotin Folk Art auction house, who regularly has some of the best auctions for folk, outsider, and self-taught artwork wrapped up day one of their August auction. Chalked full of some brilliant and beautiful works from the likes of Mose Tolliver, Jimmy Lee Sudduth, Purvis Young, Malcah Zeldis, Sybil Gibson and many more — there were a few artists that aren’t household names that really stuck out to me.
Here’s a few that caught my eye today:
Nan Phelps. Horseback In Painted Desert.
Six Horseback Riders Through The Painted Desert.
1978. Signed and dated. Oil on Masonite. // Sold for $375
Ronald Cooper. Devil Fishing.
Devil Fishing.
1999. Signed, dated and titled. Paint on board. // Sold for
Justin McCarthy. Wild Horses.
Wild Horses.
Signed. Ink and paint on paper backed to cardstock. // Sold for $200
M.C. Jones. In The Front Yard.
In The Front Yard.
Signed. Ink and paint on paper. // Sold for $205
Juanita Rogers. Stop.
Stop.
Signed. Paint and graphite on paper. // Sold for $375
And while those are all off to happy homes — congrats! — the good news is that Slotin is bringing you one more day of self-taught goodies. A couple that I am keeping my eye on are below:
Mamie Deschillie. Goat.
Goat.
Signed. Paint on paper. // Estimated $100-$200
Odd Fellows. All-Seeing Eye of God.
c. 19th century.
Fragment from Odd Fellows Lodge.
Carved and stained wood. // Estimated $100-$200
Floretta Warfel. Cow Farm.
Cow Farm.
Paint on cotton sheet. // Estimated $100-$200
Our Late President.
Our Late President. Not signed, but titled.
Carved and painted wood-relief plaque. // Estimated $200-$300
Jahan Maka. The Gangster.
The Gangster.
1984. Signed and dated. Paint on found cardboard. // Estimated $100-$200
Happy bidding ✌️
And check out original artwork for sale at the FolkArtwork Collective
Thank you <3
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