Bidspirit auction | RUSSELL CHATHAM ”OCTOBER” SIGNED LITHOGRAPH

RUSSELL CHATHAM ”OCTOBER” SIGNED LITHOGRAPH - Limited edition lithographic print ”October” on paper with deckled edges by listed artist, Russell Chatham (CA, MT, 1939 - 2019), signed lower right, numbered 260/275 and dated 1987. Art measures 34” H x 44” W presented in a frame measuring 42” H x 52.5” W x 2” D.  Artist bio: A painter, lithographer, and writer of the American West, Russell Chatham has had several hundred exhibitions of his paintings and prints and is ”considered one of the world's foremost lithographers”. Chatham's lithographs have little to do with modern process lithography, which always starts from a photograph and typically only uses 4 colors. His art lithographs may have 30 or 40 different layers of color, all of which have to be hand drawn on to the printing plate, and the colors selected for the final effect. To see some of the early proofs of one of his prints is to see a study in vivid and unusual colors from which it is almost impossible to conceive of the final subtle shadings and quiet colors.He is not prolific and sometimes finishes only six or seven large paintings a year. His work has been exhibited in over 400 one man shows and in museums and galleries over the last five decades.