Folk art assemblage- Outsider Smoky Brown 1994 #17 Rebute Rosenak Collection

Description: SMOKY BROWN FOLK ART early painting by OHIO Outsider Artist (17. Smoky Brown )TITLE- REBUTE * 1994**Assemblage Smoky Brown 8 x 10” Item Catalogue # 3522 This is a unique assemblage and is painted on Cardboard then covered in plastic -some minor and irregular edges , but that was his style as true with many folk artists. He often used found pieces for his art and added paint and then glueing it all in his very own SMOKY STYLE. OUTSIDER ART- SMOKY BROWNGrandpa Smoky Brown He was born in Ohio in 1919. During his life he worked as a plasterer, stone carver, muralist, sign painter, and cartoonist. He is considered a folk outsider artist but preferred to be called an urban street artist. His art is in the permanent collection of the National Museum of American Art Smithsonian Institution. Brown said, “During the depression I taught art classes in order to make money. Many of the projects we created were used to make money for the hungry.” The Rosenaks cover in their folk art book that “Brown is one of our favorite artists.” Smoky was a master storyteller and very open, post-sobriety, talking about the demons he had struggled with and managed to tame. He lost his left eye in a bar brawl but even that didn’t convince him to abandon the bottle. 96 Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Provenance: SLOTIN AUCTION FALL November 2004 FROM COLLECTION OF Chuck and Jan Rosenak- This Smoky Brown Assemblage was purchased by Anton Haardt at the November 2004 Slotin Folk Art Auction presenting the Chuck and Jan Rosenak Collection. The Rosenaks authored The Museum of American Folk Art Encyclopedia of 20th Century American Folk Art and Artists. This grouping of 815 lots Self-taught Art, Quilts, Canes of folk art legends as; Bill Traylor, Sam Doyle, Mary T. Smith, Juanita Rogers and hundreds of others. Chuck and Jan Rosenak are widely regarded as authorities in the field of American folk art. They amassed a large number of contemporary folk art pieces and authored four books on Folk Art. The Rosenaks traveled often along country roads collecting folk art from everywhere in the country. VISIT MY EBAY STORE TO SEE MORE FOLK ARTVisit My eBay Store: Deep South Vintage Antiques

Price: 575 USD

Location: Montgomery, Alabama

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