Charles Frace, TIGER CUB Signed Print

Description: Tiger CubCharles Fracè This little cub is about three weeks old. He is barred like the adults at birth, but not quite so clearly marked. He weighed about three pounds at birth, but by seven months will have grown to almost six feet in length and be capable of killing for himself. After a pregnancy of about four months, tigresses give birth to from one to six cubs, but it is unusual for more than two to survive. The mother will begin to wean them after about six weeks and as they get older, the cubs accompany her on hunting trips. Cubs bred in captivity are very tame and playful, and I have handled many of them. The adult is the largest member of the cat family and one of the most beautiful animals in the world. The tiger does roar, but not as often as the lion. Tigers swim well and, on very hot days, cool off in the water. Tigers have tremendous strength and can grow to 10 feet or longer. Their natural life span is about 20 years. This limited edition print is: Signed by the artistThe edition size and publication date were: 3,500/1975The issue price was: $35.00The image size is: 18½”x15”The print was published by: Frame House GalleryThis print has been previously framed Charles FracèCharles Fracè was born in 1926 in a small town in eastern Pennsylvania. He began drawing at five and taught himself to paint when he was fifteen. Fracè remembers wanting to be an artist from an early age. His self-instructed talent earned him a scholarship to Philadelphia=s Museum School of Art, where he graduated with honors.In 1955, Fracè began a professional career as a freelance illustrator in New York City. Eventually, he became one of the nation=s most sought-after illustrators of wildlife. However Fracè soon grew frustrated by the restrictions of illustrating ideas conceived by others and longed to paint some of his own. He finished only one, which his wife Elke took to a nearby art gallery. They insisted on displaying the painting in the gallery, and it sold that same afternoon.In 1973, with the issue of Fracè=s first limited edition print, he had finally made the permanent change to fine art. Fracè brings to his art over three decades of personal research and a close kinship with animals. Fracè=s art has been the subject of two books. Perhaps the greatest honor of his career came in October 1992, when Fracè was recognized with a one-man exhibit of thirty-six of his paintings at the National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.

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Location: Fort Worth, Texas

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