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Circa: 1975
Condition: Excellent
Size: 14.5" X 11"
Color: B & W
Country of Origin: United States
Manufacturer: DeGrazia
Edition: 1975
This is a picture done by DeGrazia for a book as the 36 in the lower left shows. It tells the story of Eetoi who must drink with the witch, to save the children of the village.
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An unusaul print as it is double-sided with the color print of the witch and children onthe other side. Signed with original signature by DeGrazia with the date 1978 on it, it is also double-signed.
The witch has long fingernails and no eyes. It is quite unique.
The colors are absolutely vibrant with a bit of mystique added, making it a 'rare' piece?
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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