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MARVIN BAILEY Eyeball Jugs (dates unknown)

via Ledbetter Folk Art auctions

For very obvious reasons, absolutely everyone loves these brilliant eyeball jugs by South Carolina native Marvin Bailey. This incredible sculptor developed a fondness for pottery at a young age thanks to his father’s love of collecting art pottery. In 2001 Marvin, a self-taught potter, began making vases and flower pots and then face jugs.

Thanks to everyone — artists, fans, lovers of art, museums, gallerists, and these beautiful artworks for making 2023 a great year for folk, self-taught, and outsider art.

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