Photographs of Outsider artists and artwork
name: label: Creator
content: Ray, Tom
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art dealers -- Virginia
label: Topic
content: Outsider art
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated in 2024 by Tom Ray.
creator: label: Creator
content: Ray, Tom
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Tom Ray is an informal art dealer and patron in Richmond, Virginia.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1981-2000
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.raytom2
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Photographs of Outsider artists and artwork measures 0.2 linear feet and dates from circa 1981-2000. Included are photographs, many taken by Tom Ray, of Vollis Simpson's original environment; Robert Howell, his artwork and his environment; Anderson Johnson; Patrick Davis; Georgia Blizzard; "Big Al" Alfred Taplet; Clyde Jones and his environment, R.A. Miller; Loy Bowlin with his art; Patrick Davis and his art; Ivy Billiot and Cyril Billiot with carvings; John Robert Muson; Dwight Joseph Bell; Howard Finster's environment; the Anderson Johnson Gallery in the Downing-Gross Cultural Arts Center; and Dalton Stevens "Button King". Also included is a business card for Dalton Stevens; two greeting cards featuring William Edmondson's environment; a brochure from the High Museum of Georgia Pacific Center featuring Clyde Jones's environment; and a postcard featuring Jimmy Hedges's work.