249: CHARLES BANKS WILSON (1918-2013) RARE 1940 LITHOGRAPH

Charles Banks Wilson (1918-2013)
War Paint for the Pow Wow (1940)
Signed and dated lower right, the title under the image here differs from that in Hunt's catalog raisonne of Wilson's prints where the edition is identified as being only 21 prints pulled. This rare version with alternate title is printed on Rives watermark paper.

In Hunt, the title is Painting Her Son.

The entry reads, ''Here a woman helps her son prepared for a dance. He wears an old style bustle with ''magic'' feathers attached to the cloth hanging from his belt. Although such articles may have lost their original significance, they still form an important part of the traditional dress of the modern dancer.'' Wilson explains artwork, ''Watching the metamorphosis of dancers as face paint was applied or costumes assembled made me feel at times that I was a visitor from another planet. A war bonnet, for example, could change someone who considered himself a nobody into royalty, with direct ties to the great chief of the past.''

The sheet is unframed.
Image measures 9.5 x 13.25, sheet is 11H x 16W inches.
Very good condition, the full untrimmed sheet with deckle edges as shown in irregularity, the sheet is not laid down, no damage, punctures, tears or repair, two tabs of mounting tape upper and lower corners, even storage toning in the margins.
Provenance: Living estate, Overland Park, Kansas.
$1,000 - $2,000