Charles Frace, TIGER Signed Print, 1973

Description: Tiger Charles Frace The tiger is largest and most powerful of the cats. A few exceed ten feet in length and the average weight of a male is 400 – 500 pounds. Tigers once ranged across Asia, but the territory has now been greatly reduced. Most of the races have diminished to comparatively small numbers. They can still be found in jungles from India to Java, to the cold mountains of northern China to Siberia. The Tiger is endowed with astonishing suppleness of movement, despite its heavy build. It takes to water readily and swims with ease. Tigers that inhabit the jungles in the south of India suffer from the heat and bathe whenever possible, a predilection that sets them apart from other cats. In colder climates, they have a winter coat of thick under-fur and coarser outer hair. In most of the races, the cheek fur of the adult male grows into a distinct ruff. This limited edition print is: Signed by the artist The edition size and publication date were: 3,000/1973 The issue price was: $35.00 The image size is: 20"x20" The print was published by: Frame House Gallery This print has never been framed and has been stored flat since publication. We do not use the term "mint" condition when referring to any of the art prints we sell on eBay. That is not because the prints are damaged or necessarily in any condition other than "mint." There are two primary reasons for our avoidance of the "mint" condition terminology: First, we are trying to get this attractive art in the hands of someone who can display and enjoy it; we are not trying to target "collectors." Second, most of the prints we list on eBay were published over 20 years ago. While we have owned them since original publication, handled them with care, and stored them flat, time and original packaging can sometimes work together to leave slight "acid burn" marks on the backs of the prints, or possibly in the white borders on the front where non-conservation adhesives were used on the original folders for the prints. We do not ship any prints with image areas which are not perfectly suited for being framed. This particular print was issued by the publisher with a piece of "chipboard" behind the print in the envelope. The high acid content of the chipboard has caused the back of the print to yellow. The front and the image, however, show no effects of the chipboard. The final photograph shows the slight discoloration of the BACK of the print. Charles Frace Charles Frace 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. Frace 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, Frace 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 Frace 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 Frace’s first limited edition print, he had finally made the permanent change to fine art. Frace brings to his art over three decades of personal research and a close kinship with animals. Frace’s art has been the subject of two books. Perhaps the greatest honor of his career came in October 1992, when Frace 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.

Price: 329.99 USD

Location: Fort Worth, Texas

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