Mose Tolliver (American, 1925-2006), Folk Art Birdhouse

Late 20th century, polychrome painted cut wood bird house with mint green ground, decorated with birds, snakes, and turtle, signed "MOSET" to roof.

12 1/4 x 11 1/2 x 14 3/4 in.

From the Estate of the late Susan C. Frankenberg, Hillsborough, North Carolina

Mose Tolliver was born to sharecroppers near Montgomery, Alabama. After a severe injury in the late 1960s, he turned to painting as a means to combat boredom and pain. Tolliver's work has been exhibited in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C., the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the American Folk Art Museum, New York, and the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, Alabama.

Splintering with associated small losses to roof and base.