Howard Terpning "Soldier Hat" Signed Limited Edition Print, 1993

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A signed and numbered limited edition print of Howard Terpning's "Soldier Hat," published by The Greenwich Workshop in 1993. Three … Read more A signed and numbered limited edition print of Howard Terpning's "Soldier Hat," published by The Greenwich Workshop in 1993. Three Apache men sit their horses in a shallow stream below red rock cliffs, letting the water soften the horses' hooves in the summer heat, with their camp on the bank behind them. In the foreground, a cavalry hat drifts toward them on the current. On the documentation card that comes with the print, Terpning explains that the hat tells the Apache there are soldiers in the area and that it is only a matter of time before they are found. He set the scene west of the Dragoon Mountains, where Cochise had his stronghold, and wanted a picture of peace and tranquility that is shattered by the discovery.

Lithograph published by The Greenwich Workshop of Trumbull, Connecticut, from Terpning's painting. Signed "Terpning" and numbered 29/1000 in pencil within the image at lower right, with the plate signature "© Terpning 1993 CA" below. The margin carries the publisher's copyright line, the title and the artist's name. The edition was 1,000 signed and consecutively numbered prints plus 50 artist's proofs and 2 printer's proofs.

Howard Terpning was born in Illinois in 1927 and studied at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and the American Academy of Art. He first made his name as an illustrator, painting covers for Time and Newsweek and posters for films including Doctor Zhivago and The Sound of Music, before moving to Arizona in 1977 to paint the West. Often called the "Storyteller of the Native American," he won numerous gold and silver medals from the Cowboy Artists of America and the Prix de West from the National Academy of Western Art.

Comes with the original Greenwich Workshop portfolio folder with its title label and the documentation card with Terpning's notes on the painting and his biography.

Image: 21 x 20 inches. Sheet: 24 1/2 x 23 inches. Unframed. See less