Crayon, gold paint and pencil on Arches paper, 1980, signed and dated at lower right, float mounted and framed under glass.

Sheet size 15 x 22 1/2 in.; Frame dimensions 24 1/4 x 32 in.

Proceeds from the sale of this work go to support the documentary film production of Minnie Evans: Draw or Die

Minnie Evans was the longtime gatekeeper at Airlie Gardens in Wilmington, North Carolina. A self-taught artist, her paintings are in numerous prominent collections including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C., the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum, Williamsburg, Virginia, the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, the Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina, the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, and many more.

Some flaking of green pigment on horned animal along lower edge; not examined out of the frame.