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Ace Powell "Moving Camp" Signed Pen and Ink

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:350.00 USD Estimated At:600.00 - 1,200.00 USD
Ace Powell  Moving Camp  Signed Pen and Ink
Offered in this lot is an original Signed Pen and Ink on paper, "Moving Camp" by Ace Powell (1912-1978). Born in New Mexico, Powell grew up in Browning, Montana on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation. This painting shows a small village in the background, in the foreground a tipi-pole travois behind horse preparing to be loaded for moving camp. Powell was an American painter, sculptor, and etcher of genre scenes and imagery relating to indians, cowboys, horses, and wildlife. His artwork was influenced by that of fellow Montana artist Charles Russell. Powell's lifetime body of work consists of between 12,000 and 15,000 artworks. Although he preferred working with oil paints, he also produced a large number of watercolor paintings and drawings, as well as a number of works in bronze, terracotta, and wood. The Ace Powell Award, named in Powell's honor as the award's first recipient, is given by the Western Art Association of Ellensburg, Washington, to an artist who has made a significant contribution toward historical western art heritage or who has encouraged or supported western artists in an outstanding manner. Powell signed nearly all of his works with this mark showing an ace of diamonds playing card and "Powell". This gold gilt double matted hardwood professionally framed pen and ink is in very fine condition, no marring noted to the art, frame is also in in very good condition without marring. Visible art measures 3"W x 7.75"L, frame is 14"W x 17"L x 1.25"D