Bill Traylor
Bill Traylor — the recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is painting, drawing and outsider art. The authority associates the name with outsider art. Work by Bill Traylor is recorded in the collections of Smithsonian American Art Museum, Musée d'Orsay, Museum of Modern Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art and Metropolitan Museum of Art. The heading is also recorded as William Traylor. Bill Traylor is recorded in the structured authority under the identifier Q862623. It is also recorded that bill Traylor died in 1949 at Montgomery. Bill Traylor is recorded with the citizenship of United States. It is also recorded that bill Traylor is recorded as painter, artist, sharecropper and draftsperson.
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Identity and overview
The following is established of the heading itself.
Bill Traylor is recorded in the structured authority under the identifier Q862623. Institutional cataloguing adds that bill Traylor is recorded with the citizenship of United States.
Works and production
The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count.
Wikidata Query Service catalogues 11 works under this heading. It is also recorded that open Library catalogues 8 works under this heading. The record continues: the Art Institute of Chicago catalogues 1 work under this heading. Untitled (Two Figures, Female Figure Pointing) is dated 1939-42 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 2025.1003).
Collections and holdings
Institutional holdings are recorded as follows.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art records 14 objects associated with this name. Institutional cataloguing adds that the Art Institute of Chicago records 1 object associated with this heading. It is also recorded that metropolitan Museum of Art records 8 objects associated with this heading.
Sources and evidence
This entry is compiled from 12 catalogued sources across 8 independent registers. The registers consulted are Crossref registry, Internet Archive, Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, DOAJ and Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. Every statement above is held against the register that stated it; where the registers are silent, the entry is silent.
In detail
the recorded working language is English.
The field of work recorded is painting, drawing and outsider art. The authority associates the name with outsider art.
Work by Bill Traylor is recorded in the collections of Smithsonian American Art Museum, Musée d'Orsay, Museum of Modern Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art and Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
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Open Library author record for Bill Traylor (Internet Archive), 10 catalogued works.
Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive
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Traylor, Bill, African American Studies Center, 2013
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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Traylor, Bill, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q862623: Bill Traylor
Institutional database · Scholarly · Wikimedia Foundation
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Directory of Open Access Journals lists 1 article naming Bill Traylor.
open access index · Unverified
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 2172931-1, Ausstellung Bill Traylor (1854 - 1949) - Deep Blues (1998-1999 : Bern; Köln).
authority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Internet Archive, 2 digitised items catalogued under Bill Traylor as creator.
digital repository · Unverified
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The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Bill Traylor.
museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection records associated with Bill Traylor (14 objects).
museum collection · Unverified · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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“Bill Traylor”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
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