For your consideration is a delightful modern lithograph titled "Devotion in the Ocean" 1976 with annotation 1847/2000, and hand signed in pencil by Charley Harper (18”h x 13.25”w unframed). In excellent vintage condition. The Sea Otter makes everybody's list of The World's Great Mothers while pursuing a full-time career as the West Coast's most ottertaining pop-up comic. Her act: a belly buffet with rock and roll (a rock to open shellfish, a roll to clean the crumbs off her fabulous fur tablecloth). She joins a raft of other otters' daughter to whelp in the kelp, then devotes a year to her pup, doing by motternal instinct what all great mothers do – or if they don't they otter. 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.

18 x 13.25 in