Artist Book

NameBook

Artist Purvis Young (1943 - 2010)

Dateca.1970s-1991

Place madeMiami, Florida, United States, North America

MediumPaint, ink, pencil, crayon, paper, book

Dimensions9 7/16 × 6 11/16 × 1 3/4 in. (24 × 17 × 4.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift in recognition of Janet Fleisher, A.2020.17.17

Object numberA.2020.17.17

ProvenanceThis gift from the estate of Janet Fleisher consists of multiple works by two self-taught artists—The Philadelphia Wireman and Purvis Young--whom Janet Fleisher represented in her gallery in Philadelphia. Fleisher opened the Janet Fleisher Gallery near Rittenhouse Square in the mid-1960s and operated it for more than 30 years, until her retirement in 1996. She showed an eclectic variety of work, including work by self-taught or “outsider” artists, one of the earliest galleries to champion this genre of work. Janet Fleisher passed away in 2010.

DescriptionThis assemblage is comprised of a brown book, with glued pages on the cover and throughout the books original pages. The front cover has a glued piece of paper with dark brown painted figures, and white paint splattered and dripped over the upper half and proper right side. The book pages are covered with glued paper that has a variety of ink, crayon, colored pencil, and paint compositions.