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James "Son Ford" Thomas

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James "Son Ford" Thomas (1926 - 1993) was active/lived in Mississippi.  James Thomas is known for Naive sculptor.

James "Son" Thomas was a blues musician and folk art sculptor. He was raised by his grandmother who called him "son" as an endearment.

James Thomas worked as a grave digger and assisted with embalming in a funeral home. This work led him to a series of sculptures with skulls and coffins.

Thomas' sculptures were included in the exhibition "Black Folk Art" at the Corcoran Gallery of Art and "Passionate Visions of the American South" at the New Orleans Museum of Art.

Source: Neal Auction House, July 2005

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4 Book References for James "Son Ford" Thomas
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2001 Conwill, Kinshasha, et. all Testimony: Vernacular Art of the African-American South: The Ronald and June Shelp Collection
(Exhibition catalog)		 192 Yes
1987 Nasisse, Andy/M S Wahlman Baking in the Sun Visionary Images from the South
(Exhibition catalog)		 146 Yes
1982 Livingston, Jane/J Beardsley Black Folk Art in America, 1930-1980 (Corcoran Gallery of Art)
(Exhibition catalog)		 186 Yes
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