MOSe TOLLIVER original Mose crazy dick charlie painting http://www.westtennesseecares.com/ HELP CURE MAYCI! Start Price USD 149.99 Current Price USD 170.49 Time Left - Bid Count 3 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Thursday, September 04, 2008 End Time Thursday, September 11, 2008 Location TENNESSEE See more about 'MOSe TOLLIVER original Mose crazy dick charlie painting' Description    http://www.westtennesseecares.com/  Please go to this site to find out how you can make a difference to help cure this precious child.  Her insurance will not pay for this treatment to cure her and it is the only way to save her life.  Thank you!                                                               This original Mose Tolliver "crazy dick charlie" was painted on old used wood with housepaint and has a soda/beer hanger.  It is in great condition.  It is approx.16X20 in size.  It was bought directly from Mose Tolliver and is now has been consigned to be sold.  It will come with a  certificate of provenance. This great painting would make a wonderful addition to all Mose T collections!  I will gladly combine shipping if two or more items are purchased near the same time!  Thank you for looking.   Please check out my other sales and auctions of fine art. **International Bidders please email me before bidding for shipping price.**  Payment expected within 5 working days unless other arrangements are made with me.  -Email me if paying by mail.  **Mose Tolliver was born in rural Alabama in 1921 or 1922. His parents were tenant farmers until, unable to support their twelve children, they moved the family to the city of Montgomery. Tolliver attended school until he was eight or nine years old, when he began working. He worked the majority of his career as a gardener and general maintenance man. In the early 1940's, Tolliver married his longtime friend Willie Mae Thomas. They had thirteen children, eleven of whom survive. Tolliver began painting in the 1960's after a job-related accident in a furniture factory when a load of marble fell on him crushing his legs.  Afterwards, he was unable to walk without crutches and prevented him from working. At the time, Tolliver recalls, he painted to "keep his head together." His early works were inspired largely by his environment and featured birds, trees and flowers. Over the years his subject matter has evolved, expanding to include people, memories of rural Alabama, religion, erotic imagery and more. These subjects are handled with a skillful sense of color and composition, and with a consistent sense of humor. Since his inclusion in the Corcoran Gallery's seminal exhibition in 1982, Black Folk Art in America 1930-1980, Mose Tolliver has been widely recognized as a prolific self taught painter.                 **** Please email me with any questions or concerns before you bid or buy from me.  I have bought and sold many Mose T paintings and only acquire Mose T paintings that have a written history of ownership traced to when they were purchased from Mr Tolliver.  Anything I sell that has the Mose T name on it was directly bought from him and a certificate of historical provenance is included with the painting.  Thank you!                                               Place a Bid!