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zigfan — The Jazz man
Published: 2010-04-09 19:20:43 +0000 UTC; Views: 338; Favourites: 0; Downloads: 18
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By far my most prized possession! Found in an ally with a pile of trash left behind from an eviction. On the back is an earlier attempt apparently rejected by the artist, The canvass was reversed, re-stretched and then painted again. The Initials hidden in the players knuckles TYN led art historians from Syracuse to the artist Tyrone Jerome Willy. A jazz Portrait artist who used among other things Coffee and powdered mustard seeds to achieve some of the skin tones that signify his work. TYN painted many of the great musicians of his time including Roy Eldridge and Ike Tow-Tone Jacksen. He died penniless in an abandoned warehouse in 1963 at the age of 57 without ever knowing that his work would someday be dragged from the trash and shown to the world. The painting is one of twelve that exist(and I believe his best) It was authenticated last month and appraised at eight thousand dollars.Related content
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Will fill you in on the "Papa"Jo Jones painting. Cheers.
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Damned, Amsterdam is, yes, Amsterdamned, it seems - not trustworthy, still no sign of "Papa". Take a deep breath!
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Congratulations indeed! ;D Eight thousand bucks is a bargain! If you ever get the chance to show more of Willy's work, please share. I believe Willy was the artist who was married to con artist Elizabeth Gaudiér? If so, was she the woman who gave birth to his one daughter? Not much info on this guy, but an interesting figure, certainly. His child reportedly tried it in the porn industry, but hastily got into a rage with one of her directors as she insisted that taking a "Maria Schneider" à la Last Tango in Paris, with a handful of butter, was beyond her dignity. It can be assumed that her career was as short-lived and uncelebrated as that of her father.
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Hey Buster,
Your research goes further then mine. Thanx. Checked it out and TYN refused to accept the child was his. He left for Paris for several years and upon his return the game had changed...Jazz portraits were suddenly passe and he slid slowly into obscuraty.
by the way found out why he went by TYN. His moniker was The Tin Man.
Cool when art had its cryptic side. Now we just drop our symbolic pants for any fool with a laptop
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If you look closely, you´ll see the features of Gene Krupa on the backside of the canvas (as reported in Syracuse Art Review #4 1989, somehow the painting later disappeared). And as you state, an attempt it was, but not a very good one. Krupa himself is said to have been very angry at the artist when he first saw the picture, it may be the reason why he (TYN) re-stretched the damned thing? It´s interesting to see this oil/coffee blend in all its glory, portraying AND giving life to the spirit of the great jazz era. I may be wrong, but didn´t he also make a portrait of Ella Fitzgerald, and is it true that she threw an umbrella at him in his own studio (or rather, squat)? He was penniless, without friends, but there you go, $ 8000 is a good price! Sotheby's (New York) is showing two pieces next month in London. Congrats on this one!
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