Mose Tolliver, Angel, Paint on Plywood, 1995 litho toys too small to be worn

too small to be worn

and I'm completely in love with this one

5 3/4” in in diameter x 2 7/16” t and in very good condition

with very very minimal spotting/wear to the photos and no damage to the hand-carved frame

mounted via archival hinges on the top of the backside to white board

Mose Tolliver, Angel, Paint on Plywood, 1995 litho toys too small to be wornI happened to come upon this Mose Tolliver at the estate sale of an artist and collector near me, and of course scooped it up. Moses Ernest Tolliver (1918 2006), better known as Mose T after the signature on his paintings, was raised as one of 12 children to sharecropper parents near Montgomery, Alabama. Following a severe injury at a furniture factory that crushed his legs, he turned to making paintings, using house paint on plywood, masonite, old