Quail Fish

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    Photo: Stephen Pitkin/Pitkin Studio
1986
Housepaint and marker on wood
26.25 x 13 inches
Collection of
Souls Grown Deep Foundation
Description

Sexual images in Tolliver's work are not realistic, but hint at different sexual practices. Vulval, breast, and phallic indications are omnipresent, as in the Gypsy Christmas Tree with Two Flag Birds or Quail Fish.