Between Worlds: The Art of Bill Traylor Tour
 
Registration Information
November 15, 2018 | 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Smithsonian American Art Museum
F St NW & 8th St NW
Washington, DC

Between Worlds: The Art of Bill Traylor at the Smithsonian
American Art Museum is the first major retrospective ever
organized for an artist born into slavery, and the most
comprehensive look at Bill Traylor’s work to date. 

Join us for an exclusive tour of the exhibition with
Leslie Umburger,curator, Folk and Self-Taught Art,
Smithsonian American Art Museum. 

The perspective of appraisers will be informed by Shari Cavin, AAA,
Cavin Morris Gallery and Kenneth Walker, Walker's Antiques & Appraisals,
who will discuss value and comps. 

Between Worlds features 155 of Traylor’s most important
paintings and drawings; in the accompanying monograph,
Umberger examines over two hundred works to provide the
most in-depth study of the artist to date. The Smithsonian
American Art Museum is the sole venue
for this major retrospective.

2 CE credits

FEE: $30 (Members & General Admission)

Register online (at the top of this page); OR
by calling 212.889.5404 x 11 

Email confirmation will be sent upon receipt of payment. Registration is accepted only with payment. All cancellations must be made a week prior to the program to receive a refund.

Photo credit (top to bottom):

Bill Traylor,

Untitled (Yellow and Blue House
with Figures and Dog

)

,

July

1939, colored pencil

on

paperboard. Smithsonian American Art Museum; Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and

Franz H. Denghausen Endowment

.

Photo by Gene Young

 

 

1. Bill Traylor, Untitled (Yellow and Blue House with Figures and Dog), July 1939, colored pencil on paperboard. Smithsonian American Art Museum; Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment. Photo by Gene Young

2.  Bill Traylor, Man in Black and Blue with Cigar and Suitcase, ca. 1939–1942, pencil and poster paint on cardboard. Collection of Jerry and Susan Lauren. Photo: Matt Flynn © Smithsonian Institution

 

 

 

 
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