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Phone: (757)683-6271 Pioneering folk art collectors Baron and Ellin Gordon of Williamsburg, Virginia have donated a significant portion of their collection of 20th and 21st-century, ...
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Mar 21, 2010 12:00 am In Depth: the Hand of the Self-Taught Artist
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Phone: (757)683-6271

Pioneering folk art collectors Baron and Ellin Gordon of Williamsburg, Virginia have donated a significant portion of their collection of 20th and 21st-century, self-taught American folk art to Old Dominion University. The largest art donation ever received by the University, the collection is comprised of 375 pieces by over 70 artists, including paintings, sculptures, jugs, canes and carvings. The collection includes works by artists Howard Finster, Geneva Beavers, Mose Tolliver, Leroy Archuleta, Thornton Dial, Inez Nathaniel Walker, Miles Carpenter, Israel Litwak, and many others from across America.
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