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FRANK REDLINGER, Early Texas block print, 1933

Currency:USD Category:Art Start Price:20.00 USD Estimated At:40.00 - 80.00 USD
FRANK REDLINGER, Early Texas block print, 1933
<B>FRANK REDLINGER (1909-1936)</B></I><BR><I>Powder House (Phantom Hill),</B></I> 1933<BR>Block print<BR>9in. x 11 1/4in.<BR>Signed and dated lower right<BR>Titled lower left<BR><BR>As the name suggests, Fort Phantom Hill is accompanied by several legends of spirits and hauntings. <BR><BR>"On the breezy Texas border, on the prairies far away,<BR>Where the antelope is grazing and the Spanish ponies play;<BR>Where the tawny cattle wander through the golden incensed hours,<BR>And the sunlight woos a landscape clothed in royal robes of flowers;<BR>Where the Elm and Clear Fork mingle, as they journey to the sea,<BR>And the night-wind sobs sad stories o'er a wild and lonely lea;<BR>Where of old the dusky savage and the shaggy bison trod,<BR>And the reverent plains are sleeping 'midst drowsy dreams of God;<BR>Where the twilight loves to linger, e'er night's sable robes are cast,<BR>'Round grim-ruined, spectral chimneys, telling stories of the past;<BR>There upon an airy mesa, close beside a whispering rill,<BR>There to-day you'll find the ruins of Old Fort Phantom Hill."<BR>---Larry Chitenden, 1938<BR><BR>The preparatory pencil drawing from which the block print was made is included with this lot.<BR><BR>Provenance:<BR>Estate of Frank Redlinger<BR><BR> <B>Condition Report:</B> Print: Light toning to paper. Some foxing is evident. Unframed. Drawing: Insect damage (losses) to the right margin. Unframed.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Requires 3rd Party Shipping (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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