Description: 7TH ANNUAL SUMMER SALE NOW *Price Shown is the Sale Pric ORIGINAL AND VINTAGE .............PETER HURD N.A. .............'THE PECOS VALLEY, 1936', 14" x 21".................... This is a 14" x 21" Original and Vintage lithograph on paper by the very important painter and printmaker Peter Hurd N.A., 1904-1984. The image is of the Pecos Valley so stated at lower left in pencil. Signed in pencil at lower right. The print has not come to auction in 35 years. Numbered 10 of 15. Fine condition. Unframed. The Biography Follows: A regionalist painter known for his landscape, figure and genre paintings of New Mexico, Peter Hurd was especially focused on capturing light and atmosphere. His preferred medium was tempera on gesso panel, and many of his works depict the panoramic views he saw from his beloved ranch land as well as the people with whom he was most familiar---Indians, Mexicans, and Caucasians. He was also a muralist and did many lithographs and watercolors. Hurd was born in Roswell, New Mexico on February 22, 1904 as Harold Hurd, Jr. Called Pete from his early days on, he legally changed his name to Peter in his early twenties. In 1921, he enrolled as a student at West Point Military Academy in New York state. Selling a painting to a supervisor, he felt encouraged to become an artist instead of a military career man. In 1924, he enrolled in the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and also took private lessons from well-known illustrator N.C. Wyeth. In 1929, he began to work in tempera on gesso-prepared panels, which became the medium he most frequently used. He married Wyeth's oldest daughter, Henriette, in 1929, and took his bride to New Mexico, the place of his birth, for an extended honeymoon. They later established their home in the southern part of the state in San Patricio, and Henriette also became a prominent artist. In the mid-1930s, he was a mural painter, completing post-office murals in Big Springs and Dallas, Texas, and in Alamogordo, New Mexico. During World War II, he was a war correspondent and artist for Life magazine, a job in which he used his military background. His special assignment included a bomber base in Britain. In 1942, Peter Hurd was elected to full membership of the National Academy of Design As ever this is guaranteed 100% money back, to be as represented.
Price: 1350 USD
Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico
End Time: 2024-12-12T04:46:08.000Z
Shipping Cost: 25 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Artist: Peter Hurd
Unit of Sale: Single-Piece Work
Signed By: artist
Size: Large
Custom Bundle: No
Item Length: 21 in
Region of Origin: American
Framing: Unframed
Personalize: No
Year of Production: 1936
Item Height: 14 in
Style: Realism, asian
Features: 1st Edition
Item Width: 21 in
Handmade: Yes
Culture: American
Time Period Produced: 1925-1949
Image Orientation: Landscape
Signed: Yes
Title: Pecos Valley
Material: Matte Paper
Certificate of Authenticity (COA): No
Original/Licensed Reprint: Limited Edition Print
Subject: Pecos Valley
Print Surface: Paper
Type: Print
Height (Inches): Paper
Theme: Art
Production Technique: Lithography
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
