Late 20th Century Charley Harper Signed Claws Crab Bulldog Serigraph Print

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Vintage Charley Harper serigraph print titled "Claws" depicting a multicolor brown bulldog confronting a crab on a seashell strewn beach. … Read more Vintage Charley Harper serigraph print titled "Claws" depicting a multicolor brown bulldog confronting a crab on a seashell strewn beach. Pencil signed and numbered 179/2000, lower edge. Gilt frame; brown and gilt layered mat.

Suddenly, from out of the shadowy depths of prehistory, terror strikes the beach and it’s claws vs. paws and jaws. In the struggle to survive, all armaments are employed, so what is the ultimate weapon? Size? Maybe, but it’s mini, not maxi, that matters. Who has bugged you more lately: mastodons or mosquitoes? Ask the vanishing whale if bigger is better. In a predatory world, it’s sur­vival of the fittest, not the fattest. And in a pinch, claws give pause to jaws.

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. Born Charles Burton Harper 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 married shortly after graduation in 1947. 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. Charley Harper died in Cincinnati on Sunday, June 10, 2007, at age 84 after contending with pneumonia for some months.

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22.75" x 1" x 30.75" (Width x Depth x Height) See less