robbie-tillotson-nc-1949-1987-i-tou-a-toi-i
Lot 1088
Robbie Tillotson (NC, 1949-1987), Tou à Toi
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
(All Yours), oil pastel and acrylic on rag paper, framed under Plexiglass, retains an exhibition label to the verso.

DOA 31 x 44 in.

Private Collection, Greensboro, NC

Originally from Denton, NC, Robbie Tillotson earned his masters degree in painting from UNC-Greensboro. By the mid-1970s he was living in New York City, where he was establishing himself as a promising painter and actor in the city. He spent time with Andy Warhol and the factory, and was friends with Alice Neel, Keith Haring and Jean Paul Basquiat.

A portrait of Tillotson by Neel is in the permanent collection of The Museum of Contemporary Art - Los Angeles. An original painting by Tillotson is in the permanent collection of the NC Museum of Art in Raleigh.

Not examined out of the frame - no apparent condition concerns.