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View Images USA South	, GA John Robert "Jesus Christ, Jr." Ellis 1939- Drawings (pencil, pen, marker, etc.)
	Information: John Ellis spent time in prison for (accidently, he says) killing a man who was visiting his wife-to-be. He created different personas for himself - "Mr. Teach", "The Sinner" and "Jesus Christ Jr." When his drawings were shown for the first time, he practically had to be forced to sign them as he believed they had no value.

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Bibliography: "Unsigned, Unsung... Whereabouts Unknown: Make-Do Art of the American Outlands", Jim Roche, Florida State University Gallery & Museum, 1993; out of print. "Contemporary American Folk Art - A Collector's Guide" Chuck and Jan Rosenak, Abbeville Press, 1996. "American Self-Taught Art: An Illustrated Analysis of 20th Century Artists and Trends with 1,319 Capsule Biographies" by Florence Laffal and Julius Laffal, 2003.

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