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"Crossing The Divide" Frank McCarthy Signed Ltd.Ed

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Crossing The Divide Frank McCarthy Signed Ltd.Ed
For your consideration is a Frank McCarthy Signed Limited Edition, "Crossing The Divide", #425/1500, 1981. Hand signed in pencil on bottom left corner, COA included. "By early fall, a summer of melting has lifted the mantle of a snow from the mountain peaks. Only patched remain - enough to feed a waterfall. But winter will surely return, and so a party of Blackfeet set out on a hunt. The Blackfeet were the scourge of mountain men until a smallpox epidemic reduced their numbers and they became one of the weaker Indian nations.Thus, they never took part in the wars against the white man in the late 1800s. Instead, survival itself became their war. Even now, as they begin the hunt, clouds hang low on the mountains - a sign of the cold, wet weather ahead." Frank McCarthy's (1924-2002) dynamic paintings frequently featured the people of the west with a special emphasis on the Plains Indians, mountain men and cavalry that comprised the lore and lure of the Old West. Appropriately entitled the “Dean of Western Action Painters,” Frank McCarthy’s art was unsurpassed for its motion, drama and absolute attention to accuracy and detail. Highly collected and frequently imitated, Frank McCarthy’s works were treasured throughout the world as classic examples of contemporary Western Art. Retrospective showings of Frank McCarthy’s paintings have been held at the Museum of the Southwest, Midland, Texas; the R.W. Norton Museum in Shreveport, La.; the Thomas Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, Ok.; and in 1992, at the Cowboy Artist of America Museum (now known as National Center for American Western Art) in Kerrville, Texas. Frank McCarthy was invited to join the prestigious Cowboy Artists of America organization in 1975 and was an active member in the CAA group for 23 years. He was inducted into the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame in 1997. Three books of his paintings have been published-The Art of Frank C. McCarthy, Frank C. McCarthy, Fifteen Anniversary commemorative and The Old West, a leather-bound Collector’s Edition. More than 100 limited edition art prints of his paintings have been published since 1974, by The Greenwich Workshop. This Limited Edition Signed print is in very nice condition, slight crease on middle bottom border no other obvious marring noted. Measures 22.25"L x 17"W.*
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