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Painting by American 'outsider' artist Bill Traylor (1854-1949), painted c.1939-1942. Traylor was an African-American artist born into slavery in Alabama before the Civil War. A solo art exhibition of his paintings was held in New York in 1942, but his works failed to sell. It was not until thirty years after his death that the wider art world began to show an interest, resulting in a succession of exhibitions and a growing appreciation of his importance in the world of 20th century art. A recent Traylor exhibition at the Smithsonian, was the first major retrospective ever presented for an artist born into slavery.