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l Tuffy Adrift in a Sea of Peril in Stoneware by Malcolm Mobutu Smith
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About the Item
Malcolm Mobutu Smith
Li'l Tuffy Adrift in a Sea of Peril, 2019
Stoneware, slip and glaze
Measures: 8.5 x 8 x 9 in
"This piece features a character called Li’l Tuffy from a coloring book published in 1971 by Johnson Pub of ( Ebony, Jet and Essence magazine fame) and was created by my mother. My mother, a white woman, married to a black man in the tumultuous 60’s and knew that her children would be “black” and she also knew and found that there was little to nothing on store shelves that reflected the lives of black children SO she determined ( with her Art degree from Michigan State and encouragement from family ) to make her own coloring book and get it published. I was born in 69 and my brother in 71 -- as such Tuffy is me and my brother in fact and form and fantasy. We are the model for the character. He is our avatar."
-Malcolm Mobutu Smith.
- Creator:Malcolm Mobutu Smith (Artist)
- Dimensions:Height: 9 in (22.86 cm)Width: 8 in (20.32 cm)Depth: 8.5 in (21.59 cm)
- Materials and Techniques:Stoneware,Glazed
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:2019
- Production Type:New Custom(One of a Kind)
- Estimated Production Time:Available Now
- Condition:
- Seller Location:Philadelphia, PA
- Reference Number:Seller: MMoS10011stDibs: LU945827933052
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