Mary Lehman Western Big Medicine White Bison Signed Limited Ed Miniature Etching

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Miniature hand colored Western style hand colored etching of a white bison created by Mary Lehman

Limited edition 36/50, titled … Read more Miniature hand colored Western style hand colored etching of a white bison created by Mary Lehman

Limited edition 36/50, titled "Big Medicine" and signed in pencil at lower.

The title refers to a legendary bison named Big Medicine (1933–1959) born in the wild on the National Bison Range on Montana's Flathead Indian Reservation. Because white bison are exceedingly rare—occurring in only about one in every 5 million births—he was deeply revered by many Native American tribes as a living symbol of sacred power and good fortune. After his death, his body was preserved and placed on permanent display at the Montana Historical Society

Frame measures 5 3/4" x 4 5/8"

Print measures approximately 2 1/4" x 1 1/2"

Mary Anna Lehman, born in 1920 near Spokane, Washington became known for her equestrian etchings of horses, which were often enhanced with watercolor and oil. This work was begun in 1968 after she moved to her home in Rolling Hills Estates, California in 1963. Her etching teacher was Joe Mugniani, and she was also a student of Rex Brandt, Dan Lutz, Mildred Walker, Richard Haines, and others. Lehman was raised from age six in San Fernando, California. In 1938, she studied at the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles. During World War II, she was in the Women's Army Corps at Los Alamos, California, and in 1946, she married Joseph Lehman. The couple settled in Lawndale, California, and she took additional art training, studying in 1946 at UCLA, 1946-1951 at Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles, and 1956 to 1958 at El Camino College in Torrance. She also did freelance work including scratchboard illustrations for "Blood Horse Magazine". She received first-place awards for both etchings and watercolors, and exhibition venues included Salt Lake City; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Memphis, Tenn.; and Albany, New York.




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