45: JOHN CURRY (1897-1946) PENCIL SIGNED LITHOGRAPH

John Steuart Curry (1897-1946)
Plainsman (1945)
The lithograph published by Associated American Artists in an edition of 250 prints on Rives watermarked paper is signed by the artist in pencil below the image lower right.

This allegory for the first Kansas settlers is drawn from Curry's mural painted in the east wing of the Kansas State Capitol's second floor rotunda between 1937 and 1942.
Image measures 15.5 x 9.5 with a framed size of 24.5 18.25 inches.
The full untrimmed sheet, not laid down, deckle edges all around, tack hole lower right, edge chips. heavily toned in the image field.
Provenance: Private collection, Des Moines, Iowa.
$1,000 - $1,500