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Circa: 1974
Condition: Excellent
Size: 18" X 14.5"
Country of Origin: United States
Manufacturer: DeGrazia
Edition: 1974
Ted DeGrazia Special Edition 1974 print, from an original oil. Double signed with original DeGrazia signature and date 1978 on left. There is a small tear in the bottom, but is hardly noticable as you can see in the photo. The lower price reflects that.
A beautiful print.
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Today they sell for $300 in the DeGrazia Studios in Tucson, AZ.
DeGrazia was born in 1909 in the eastern Arizona mining camp of Morenci.
After his early paintings were first published in Arizona Highways magazine, DeGrazia traveled to Mexico City to work with mural masters Diego Rivera and Jose Clemente Orozco, who sponsored a solo exhibition of DeGrazia's artwork at the prestigious Palacio de Bellas Artes in 1942.
As the value of his original artwork soared, his fame and finances flourished.
To protest inheritance taxes on works of art, DeGrazia hauled about 100 of his paintings (about $1 million worth ) on horseback to the Superstition Mountains near Phoenix and set them ablaze in 1976. This infamous event was reported in such publications as The Wall Street Journal and People magazine, becoming part of DeGrazia's legend before his death in 1982.
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