Artist: Jim Carson | b. 1942
Title: Seekers of the Seven Cities of Gold, Francisco de Coronado in the Chiricahuas, Summer, 1541
Signed l/l: © Carson 2012
Media: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 48 by 62 inches

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Francisco Vasquez de Coronado (1510-1554) was a Spanish conquistador, who explored the southwestern North American continent between 1540 and 1542. Coronado had been told of a city of vast wealth, a golden city called Cibola, that stood on a high hill in the Chiricahua Mountains. He assembled an expedition and invested large sums of his own money to mount this expedition, which included women (wives of some of the soldiers), monks, and several Indian guides. Crossing the Chiricahuas proved all but impossible, and when the expedition finally succeeded, they were met with a crushing disappointment. Cibola was nothing like the great golden city that had been described to them. The lasting result of his expedition into the Great Southwest of America was the horses that escaped,propagated, and were later adopted by the Native Americans, a result that completely revolutionized the culture of the plains Indians.-Jim Carson, November, 2012

Condition: Very Good
Condition Details: To the unaided eye, the piece looks to be in very good condition. Under ultra violet light there is a normal florescence of artist's pigments and varnish, and no signs of restoration. The piece is framed in a black wood frame with gold trim. The frame is in very good condition.