Watermelon Moon Limited Edition Charley Harper Signed Serigraph Print. Released in 1973 in a limited edition of 1500. Signed and numbered 1331, by the artist in pencil. Charley Harper (1922-2007) was a beloved Cincinnati artist and conservationist, renowned for his minimal realism style. Charley was quoted as saying “I don't try to put everything in, I try to leave everything out.”. Serigraph 15"x20". Professionally framed and matted In frame measures 20 1/4"x25 1/4"x3/4". Weight 6 pds.11 oz. PROVENANCE: A Charleston SC Private Estate. ***Pickup only or Shipping on this item offered through Pak Mail 843-849-0310 - info@charlestonshipping.com , Quik Mail Etc 843-723-6598 quickmailetc@gmail.com, Outward Bound 413-854-3676, or locally AJ Williams & Sons 843-442-0462. Please contact one of them or your own choice of shipper directly. **** 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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