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Debra Purden
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Bill Traylor
By Valerie Rousseau and Debra Purden
Foreword by Margit Rowell
Born into slavery around 1853-4 on a cotton plantation in Benton, Alabama, Traylor has become one of the most important self-taught artists of the twentieth century, and certainly one of the most celebrated African-American artists, along with Thorton Dial and William Edmondson. The story of Bill...