For your consideration is a delightful modern lithograph titled "Dolfun" 1977 with annotation 2154/2500, and hand signed in pencil by Charley Harper (20"h x 15"w unframed). In excellent vintage condition. If anthropomorphism didn't exist, we'd have to invent it for the dolphin, the fun-loving marine mammal with the Mona Lisa smile, the biggest tease in the Seven Seas. For it's downright unscientific to say the dolphin is playful, inventive, humorous, loyal, friendly, intelligent, altruistic and plain cute just like us. It's also heresy to translate dolphin whistles and clicks into English, but it's perfectly obvious that they're trying to tell us something: Have a nice day! Charley Harper (August 4, 1922 - June 10, 2007) was a Cincinnati-based American Modernist artist. He was best known for his highly stylized wildlife prints, posters, and book illustrations. During his career, Charley Harper illustrated numerous books, notably The Golden Book of Biology, magazines such as Ford Times, as well as many prints, posters, and other works. As his subjects are mainly natural, with birds prominently featured, Charley often created works for many nature-based organizations, among them the National Park Service, Cincinnati Zoo, Cincinnati Nature Center, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Hamilton County (Ohio) Park District, and Hawk Mountain Sanctuary in Pennsylvania. He also designed interpretive displays for Everglades National Park.

20 x 15 in