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PORFIRIO SALINAS, Early Texas Art, o/c

Currency:USD Category:Art Start Price:14,000.00 USD Estimated At:16,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD
PORFIRIO SALINAS, Early Texas Art, o/c
<B>PORFIRIO SALINAS (1910-1973)</B></I><BR>Untitled Caliche Road with Post Oak and Prickly Pear<BR>Oil on canvas<BR>24in. x 30in.<BR>Signed lower left<BR><BR>This composition was done from a vantage point on the side of a caliche road. The artist has pulled his car over and is painting looking down hill into the valley. A blooming prickly pear is several feet in front of the easel. Bright light is streaming down and in the distance dark clouds hug the valley.<BR><BR>This kind of view (without fences, telephone poles, and other man-made visual obstacles) was much more common in Salinas' time than it is today.<BR><BR> <B>Condition Report:</B> Excellent condition. Period frame in excellent condition.<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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