Vintage 1977 Signed and Numbered Limited Edition Serigraph "Dolfun" by Charley Harper. Featuring a baby sea turtle and a dolphin. This is number 1770 of an edition of 2500. Professionally framed and matted. In frame measures 18"x23 1/2"x1". Weight 5 pds 10 oz. PROVENANCE: A Private Charleston SC Estate. Charley Harper (1922-2007) was a Cincinnati-based American Modernist artist. He was best known for his highly stylized wildlife prints, posters and book illustrations. Born in Frenchton, West Virginia in 1922, Harper's upbringing on his family farm influenced his work to his last days. He left his farm home to study art at the Art Academy of Cincinnati, and won the academy’s first Stephen H. Wilder Traveling Scholarship. Also during his time at the Academy, and supposedly on the first day, Charley met fellow artist Edie Mckee, whom he would marry shortly after graduation in 1947. Charley Harper returned to the Art Academy of Cincinnati as a teacher and also worked for a commercial firm before working on his own. He and his wife worked out of their Roselawn and Finneytown homes, and later, with their only child Brett Harper, formed Harper Studios.

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