"Snake Dance" 1952, Lithograph.

Edition: 250. Signed in pencil, lower right; title from catalogue raisonne.

Image: 13 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches (336 x 241 mm). Sheet: 19 x 15 inches (482 x 381 mm).

Reference: Morse 1976:316 #554.

Excellent condition. Good margins. Printed by Lynton Kistler, his blindstamp chop is in lower left corner. Distributed by Associated American Artists. Alternate title "Indian Snake Dance." Depicts two participants in the Hopi Snake Dance, the snake carrier in front, and the "teaser" behind.

$500.00

Edition: 250. Signed in pencil, lower right; title from catalogue raisonne.

Image: 13 1/2 x 9 5/8 inches (342 x 244 mm). Sheet: 16 3/4 x 13 1/16 inches (426 x 331 mm).

Reference: Morse 1976:79 #512.

Excellent condition. Good margins. Two small pieces of matting tape in the upper left and right corners of the sheet, well away from image. Commissioned and distributed by Associated American Artists. Full title in Morse, "Tortilleras with Rolled Petate II." Drawn on the stone by Charlot and printed by Lawrence Barrett in Barrett's, Colorado Springs studio. In Peter Morse's catalogue raisonne on Charlot, Charlot (1971) comments on this print:

     We pre-inked the stone and then scratched in the whites. You
     see how it catches the white in the angle of the petate. It is
     extremely well printed. The clean edges represent an A.A.A. print
     for sure - that's the only reason. (Morse 1976:279)  

The clean edges referred to by Charlot are the absolutely straight edges, top and bottom, left and right, on the print. No ink bleeding out of these "edges." Not an easy process in stone lithography.

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