Allan J. McIntyre Fine Art
TUCSON
ARIZONA
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Allan J. McIntyre Fine Art
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TUCSON ARIZONA |
Artist: J. R. Willis (1876-1960)
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"The Camp Fire"
circa 1925, Hand colored Photograph.
Signed, lower left, J. R. Willis, with the usual "J. R. Willis" initials and monogram. Dates from the photographers years in Gallup, New Mexico. Photograph: 11 x 7 inches (279 x 177 mm). Frame: 12 5/8 x 8 5/8 inches (320 x 218 mm). Excellent condition. Original frame and glass. Archival 4-ply backing board behind photograph. For historic correctness the photograph has been left pressed between the glass and the backing board and is in the original frame. Photographed and hand colored by J. R. Willis while he was still in Gallup, New Mexico, before moving to Albuquerque. The original J. R. Willis advertising tag on back, states: From the Studio of, J. R. Willis, Gallup, New Mexico, Kodak Finishing, Eastman Kodaks, Photos, Art Goods and Picture Frames Made to Order.
A card attached to the original backing sheet reads: No. 42, THE CAMP FIRE, (Slau-ee-Nez, Navajo Indian). The hour of meditation comes to the Navajo about the lonely camp fire, reflecting on the coming of the White man , his experience as scout, the chase or other sport. The Navajo are nomadic Indians, dwelling in bee-hive-like huts made of mud and sticks, living entirely in the open. - Copyright by J. R Willis, Gallup, New Mexico. $500.00 |
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"Hostine Ushklish Ah-Sun" (The Mud-man's wife) circa 1925, Hand colored Photograph. Signed, lower right, J. R. Willis, with the usual "J. R. Willis" initials and monogram. Dates from the photographers years in Gallup, New Mexico. Photograph: 7 x 11 inches (177 x 279 mm). Frame: 8 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches (216 x 317 mm). Excellent condition. Original frame and glass. Archival 4-ply backing board behind photograph. For historic correctness the photograph has been left pressed between the glass and the backing board and is in its original frame. Lately, it has become somewhat "fashionable" to refer to J. R. Willis by his full name "Joseph Roy Willis." As of now I have never seen the artist himself use this full appellation in respect to his art. So I'll stick with J. R. Willis for now. Probably photographed by Willis while he was in Gallup, New Mexico, and then printed and hand colored at a later date after he had moved to Albuquerque. $500.00 |
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"The Painted Desert"
circa 1925, Hand colored Photograph.
Signed, lower right, J. R. Willis, with the usual "J. R. Willis" initials and monogram. Dates from the photographers years in Gallup, New Mexico. Photograph: 11 x 7 inches (279 x 177 mm). Frame: 12 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches (317 x 216 mm). Excellent condition. Original frame and glass. Archival 4-ply backing board behind photograph. For historic correctness the photograph has been left pressed between the glass and the backing board and is in the original frame. Photographed and hand colored by J. R. Willis while he was still in Gallup, New Mexico, before moving to Albuquerque. $500.00 |
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"Taking the Elevator in Hopiland"
circa 1925-1930, Hand colored Photograph. Signed, lower right, J. R. Willis, with the usual "J. R. Willis" initials and monogram. Dates from the photographers years in Albuquerque or Santa Fe, New Mexico. Photograph: 11 x 7 inches (279 x 177 mm). Frame: 12 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches (323 x 222 mm). Excellent condition. Original frame and glass. Archival 4-ply backing board behind photograph. For historic correctness the photograph has been left pressed between the glass and the backing board and is in its original frame. Probably photographed by Willis while he was in Gallup, New Mexico, and then printed and hand colored at a later date after he had moved to Albuquerque or Santa Fe. Original framing sticker is still on the frame, it reads: Stationary Books and Gifts, J. F. Collins Company, Inc., Santa Fe, New Mexico. Many of J. R Willis' photographs were eventually titled and made into postcards. The postcard caption for this piece was: "Taking the Elevator in Hopiland. A most interesting scene of a tiny little Indian child ascending the ladder to his second story home. According to ancient custom, grain and other possessions are stored in the ground floor rooms, while the family lived above as protection against an enemy. This village, Old Walpi, high upon a rock mesa, is 512 ft. above the beautiful valley of Tusayan." $500.00 |
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Allan J. McIntyre Fine Art
P.O. Box 32374
Tucson, AZ 85751
Phone: 520.881.2528
Open by appointment only
Specializing in fine
prints and art on paper by graphic artists and printmakers Copyright © 2003-2011
of the American desert Southwest, primarily Arizona and New Mexico,
created before 1950.
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