Charles Merrick 'Chili' Capps (Kansas, 1898-1981)

Mission Accomplished

1945

The offset lithograph with printed title and signature was a December 1945 Gift Print from the Boeing Company in Wichita. The print is listed in the artist's catalogue raisonne by Myers and Thompson (p. 87).

Charles Capps studied at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts before settling in Wichita, Kansas where he became known for his mastery of etching, and later, his aquatints which he began producing after meeting Doel Reed in the 1930s. Capps' prints are noted for their subtle tonal variations, technical precision, and poetic sense of place. The adobe architecture of Taos and Santa Fe became one of his favorite and most sought-after subjects. Charles Capps was a charter member and longtime president of the Prairie Print Makers, a Kansas-based print society dedicated to advancing fine art prints across America.

Image measures 8.25 x 12 with a framed size of 16 x 20 inches.

Provenance: A New Mexico Collection.

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Apparently the condition is very good, very clean, intact, no visible stain, damage, repair, punctures or tears. This work has not been examined outside the frame.