Purvis Young Art Book With 57 Paintings Included, Signed

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Rare and highly desired art book by artist Purvis Young (American, 1943-2010). Back in the early 1970’s when outsider artist … Read more Rare and highly desired art book by artist Purvis Young (American, 1943-2010). Back in the early 1970’s when outsider artist Purvis Young began painting in Miami, Florida, he would go into the local library and steal books and then paint on individual pieces of repurposed sheets of paper and then glue each page into the book.

This book has 57 double spread paintings in it consisting of horses and warriors. The book is signed “Young” on of the best pages. Plus, the book would look outstanding if placed inside a Lucite box as shown in the additional photos section, and then placed on the living room cocktail table for example.

What is interesting to know, is as Young became so we’ll know for his art in those library books that the Miami Library of Dade County ended up giving books to Young for free once they knew he was creating art. That’s why in part, these books are rare, because for one, Young didn’t do very many.

Just imagine this uneducated and self-taught individual to come up with the idea of creating such an art object.

Young’s individual paintings on paper of this size sell for as much as $800.00 or more framed. This book has 57 double page spread paintings inside, you do the math.

This book was acquired directly from the artist in 1991 at his studio in Wynwood/Overtown area of Miami, Florida.Young’s artwork is in more than 24 museums across the country. Plus, his art is highly collected by many important collectors and placed in both public and private collections.

From being nothing on the streets of Miami, he became a listed artist and an important figure in the world of folk art. See less