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TOM LEA SIGNED MURAL PRINT

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TOM LEA SIGNED MURAL PRINT
<B>TOM LEA (American, 1907-2001)</B></I><BR><I>Mural</B></I><BR>Print<BR>10-1/2in. x 36in.<BR>Signed in pen <I>21/250, Tom Lea</B></I><BR><BR>Tom Lea, one of Texas's most celebrated artists, worked for six decades as a painter, muralist, illustrator, war correspondent, and author. Lea studied at the Art Institute of Chicago under John Norton, one of the most respected muralists of the 1920s and 1930s. Building on the foundation of his teacher and mentor, Lea painted murals in Washington, D.C., Texas, Missouri, and New Mexico for the Works Progress Administration.<BR><BR>Lea won five murals for the WPA: The Pass of the North for the El Paso Federal Courthouse; Back Home, April 1865 for the Post Office in Pleasant Hill, Missouri; Stampede for the Odessa, Texas, Post Office; Comanches for the Seymour, Texas, Post Office; and The Nestars for the Benjamin Franklin Post Office in Washington, D.C.<BR><BR> <B>Condition Report:</B> Normal signs of wear as appropriate with age.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Framed - without Glass, Medium (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>\)