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Description:
Mose Tolliver (American, 1919-2006)
Japaneel Horse with a French Bird and a Singin' Bird. Signed "MOSE T" l.l., titled and inscribed on the reverse. Oil on board, 24 x 32 1/4 in., unframed. Condition: Stable horizontal cracks to plywood support.
Provenance: Sothebys.amazon.com (Sotheby's, Inc.),Property from the T. Marshall Hahn, Jr. Collections sold to benefit the High Museum of Art.
N.B. A copy of the property certificate from sothebys.amazon.com accompanies the lot.
Estimate $400-600
Inscription on the reverse reads, "JAPANEEL HORSE/WITH A FRENCH BIRD/AND A SINGIN' BIRD./HE GOT A LOT OF/HAIR 'CAUSE ITS/COLD WHERE HE/TRAVELS OVER THERE./YOU AIN'T NEVER SEEN/A HORSE LIKE THERE"
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