Boxers, c. 1939–42
Poster paint on cardboard, 20 7/8 x 22 in. (53.02 x 55.88 cm)

Provenance

The Artist
Charles Shannon
Harvey Antiques, Evanston, IL
Private Collection
The John and Susan Horseman Collection, 2024

Exhibitions

New South Art Center, Montgomery, AL, Bill Traylor – People’s Artist, 1940 - 1940
Randolph Gallery of the Chicago Public Library, Cultural Center, Chicago, IL, Bill Traylor Drawings, From the Collection of Joseph H. Wilkinson and an Anonymous Chicago Collector, 1988 - 1989
The Ginza Art Space, Tokyo, Japan, Bill Traylor, Judy Saslow’s Collection (American Self Taught, Vol. 2), 1991 - 1992
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC, Between Worlds: The Art of Bill Traylor, 2018 - 2019

Publications

Maresca and Ricco. Bill Traylor, His Art – His Life. New York: Knopf, 1991
Umberger, Leslie. Between Worlds, The Art of Bill Traylor. Princeton and Oxford: Smithsonian American Art Museum with Princeton University Pres, 2018