Mary Tillman Smith

(American, 1904–1995)

A poor child of Mississippi condemned to the hardest work, this African-American woman began, in the evening of her life, a work that resembles a real graphic blues. Mary T Smith gave shape to her personal cosmology by painting on sheets of corrugated iron and wooden panels arranged around her house. Her “solar aesthetic” - says Daniel Soutif - and her powerfully elementary modes of representation made a strong impression on Basquiat. Now considered an emblematic figure of American art brut, her works have been added to the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), the Smithsonian Museum of American Art (Washington) and the High Museum of Art (Atlanta).

Mary Tillman Smith Artworks

Mary Tillman Smith (53 results)

Me; Look onto the Lord (2 works)

Mary Tillman Smith

Me; Look onto the Lord (2 works)

Sale Date: March 13, 2024

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Double Image (Skull and Figure)

Mary Tillman Smith

Double Image (Skull and Figure)

Sale Date: October 11, 2022

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Three Figures

Mary Tillman Smith

Three Figures

Sale Date: October 11, 2022

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Large Mary Tillman Smith Outsider Art Painting,...

Mary Tillman Smith

Large Mary Tillman Smith Outsider Art Painting,...

Sale Date: July 9, 2022

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Three Figures, circa 1990, 1990

Mary Tillman Smith

Three Figures, circa 1990, 1990

Sale Date: February 3, 2022

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Untitled (Yellow Figure)

Mary Tillman Smith

Untitled (Yellow Figure)

Sale Date: February 3, 2022

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Outsider Art Painting of a Figure in Pinks/Blues

Mary Tillman Smith

Outsider Art Painting of a Figure in Pinks/Blues

Sale Date: January 30, 2022

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Untitled (Three Figures)

Mary Tillman Smith

Untitled (Three Figures)

Sale Date: April 18, 2021

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Untitled (two cows)

Mary Tillman Smith

Untitled (two cows)

Sale Date: October 20, 2019

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Untitled (Five Figures Against Yellow Background)

Mary Tillman Smith

Untitled (Five Figures Against Yellow Background)

Sale Date: September 14, 2019

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Jesus, 1989

Mary Tillman Smith

Sale Date: April 27, 2019

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Figure Under Yellow Sun, 1970

Mary Tillman Smith

Figure Under Yellow Sun, 1970

Sale Date: April 27, 2019

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Red Face, 1980–1989

Mary Tillman Smith

Red Face, 1980–1989

Sale Date: January 18, 2019

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Untitled (Three Figures Against Yellow..., 1990

Mary Tillman Smith

Untitled (Three Figures Against Yellow..., 1990

Sale Date: January 18, 2019

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Mary T. Smith. 3 Yellow Figures On Board, 1986

Mary Tillman Smith

Mary T. Smith. 3 Yellow Figures On Board, 1986

Sale Date: April 28, 2018

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Pair of Figures

Mary Tillman Smith

Pair of Figures

Sale Date: December 15, 2017

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Untitled, (Two Figures)

Mary Tillman Smith

Untitled, (Two Figures)

Sale Date: December 15, 2017

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I Awe I Awe, 1988

Mary Tillman Smith

I Awe I Awe, 1988

Sale Date: January 20, 2017

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Single Black Figure on Red with Yellow, 1985

Mary Tillman Smith

Single Black Figure on Red with Yellow, 1985

Sale Date: January 20, 2017

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Untitled

Mary Tillman Smith

Sale Date: July 10, 2016

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Untitled

Mary Tillman Smith

Sale Date: July 10, 2016

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Untitled

Mary Tillman Smith

Sale Date: July 10, 2016

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Untitled

Mary Tillman Smith

Sale Date: July 10, 2016

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Untitled, 1980–1989

Mary Tillman Smith

Untitled, 1980–1989

Sale Date: October 12, 2015

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