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Kilmarnock, VA Airfield (Airplane Machine Shop Co.) - Leslie "Airplane" Payne 1907-1981 Sculptures - airplanes

Information: An 1918 air show in Virginia's Northcumberland County was of singular importance for the rest of Leslie Payne's life. In his 40s, he began to fabricate airplanes at his small frame house in Lillian, VA. These were not model planes, but 12 and 16 foot metal replicas. It is said that he actually tried fly one, but when it failed to lift off, he drove it down the highways until chased off by a local sheriff. "Black Folk Art in America 1930-1980" by Jane Livingston and John Beardsley, published for the Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1982.

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Bibliography: "Black Folk Art in America 1930-1980" by Jane Livingston and John Beardsley, published for the Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1982. "Museum of American Folk Art Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century American Folk Art and Artists" by Chuck and Jan Rosenak, Abbeville Press, New York, 1990. "20th Century American Folk, Self Taught, and Outsider Art" by Betty-Carol Sellen, Cynthia J. Johnson, Neal-Schuman Publishers, New York, 1993. "Self-Made Worlds: Visionary Environments" by Roger Manley and Mark Sloan, Aperture, New York, 1997. "Self Taught, Outsider, and Folk Art—A guide to American Artists, Locations and Resources" by Betty-Carol Sellen with Cynthia J. Johnson, 2000. "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. Folk Art Messenger, "Rosenak Collection Acquired by the National Museum of American Art", by Ann and William Oppenhimer, "Contemporary Folk Art: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum" by Tom Patterson, Watson-Guptill Publications/New York, 2001.

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