15: CHARLES BANKS WILSON (1918-2013) EGG TEMPERA PAINTING

Charles Banks Wilson (Oklahoma, 1918-2013)
Cherokee Farmer aka Citizen
This unusual egg tempera painting on Masonite is directly related to a very rare lithograph Wilson composed in 1938 during his second year of studies at The Chicago Art Institute. That very early lithograph, number 1 in David C. Hunt's catalog raisonne The Lithographs of Charles Banks Wilson, is titled Cherokee Farmer.

In Hunt's catalog, Mr. Wilson referred to this image saying '' My 1938 version of American Gothic voiced a truth I repeated for years to come: Hey, the American Indian no longer rides a Pinto pony and chases buffalo across the prairie!''

This work is signed CHARLES BANKS WILSON in black pigment lower left front.
Panel measures 10 x 8, frame size 16.75 x 14.5 inches.
Very good original untouched condition. There are no issues of scratches, losses, repairs, in-painting or touch-up.
$2,000 - $3,000