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

Sierra Madre

1940

The etching with aquatint published in an edition of 75 prints is signed by the artist in pencil below the image lower right and titled lower left, printed on Basingwerk Parchment watermarked paper. It is pictured on page 83 in the artist's catalog raisonne by Barbara Thompson.

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 6.5 x 9, sheet is 9.75 x 12.5 inches.

Provenance: Private collection - Taos, New Mexico

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Good condition, the full untrimmed sheet with brown paper tape at the extreme edge of the sheet, not laid down, no damage, stain, punctures, tears or repair; framed to archival standards in acid free mounts.