4 DeGrazia 2 tiny prints on wood Wall Plaques I CRY & FLOWERS GALORE 2 coasters

When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.

4 DeGrazia 2 tiny prints on wood Wall Plaques I CRY & FLOWERS GALORE 2 coasters:
$14.95

This is an offering of 4 items by DeGrazia:

I am not an art dealer.

I do not know what the two small framed items are. They appear to be two small prints on wood...ready to hang.

They are both signed.

The paintings are high gloss with just a little scratching if you turn them sideways in bright light.

On the back of each is a signed sticker with the name of the piece with the wording ARI-LAM, P.O. BOX 1271, TEMPE, AZ 85281

Title \"I CRY\"...very minor scratching

Artist DeGRAZIA

Picture size 4.5\" X 6.25\"

WOOD size 4.75\" X 6.5\"

Title \"FLOWERS GALORE\"...a little scratching...two tiny bumps (see close-up scan)

Artist DeGRAZIA

Picture size 6.25\" X 4.5\"

WOOD size 4.75\" X 6.5\"
Plus:
2 sandstone coasters with soft rubber? backings.
One is a little girl with flower basket behind her and the other is a little native boy with a feather headband. The latter has a bit of spotting. I just have them both a quick wipe down but I think if you run them through a good wash by hand or in the dishwasher they should come clean.
Both have bright vibrant colors/no fading or chipping.

Ted DeGrazia was well known for replicating paintings in all forms of mediafrom limited edition lithographs, watercolors, color art print on paper and oncanvas and often enhancing them to look like oil paintings which are a higherend reproduction.

The following biography of DeGrazia comes from theGallery of the Sun website:
Born in the mining town of Morenci, Arizona, Ted DeGrazia became one ofArizona\'s most prominent painters, illustrators, and graphic artists, resultingin his studio gallery being listed on the National Register of Historic Places.He lived most of his life near Tucson, and worked in his studio, open to thepublic, that he called \"The Gallery of the Sun.\" His signature workis paintings and illustrations of \'angel-like\' Southwest children, many of themIndian and Hispanic. The son of Italian immigrants, Ettore DeGrazia was born in1909 in the Eastern Arizona mining camp of Morenci. As his father worked in thecopper mine, young DeGrazia, nicknamed Ted by a schoolteacher, roamed themountainous region collecting colorful minerals and copper ore. One of hisfirst sculptures, \"Head of Christ\", was baked in his mother\'s oven. DeGrazia moved to Tucson to attend the University of Arizona in 1933, w hesupported himself planting trees by day and leading a big band at night. Heeventually earned three degrees, including a Master of Arts with his thesis thatexplored the relationship of color and sound.
After his early paintings were first published in Arizona Highways magazine,DeGrazia traveled to Mexico City to work with mural masters Diego Rivera andJose Clemente Orozco, who sponsored a solo exhibition of DeGrazia\'s artwork atthe prestigious Palacio de Bellas Artes in 1942. DeGrazia opened his firstadobe studio in 1944 on the outskirts of Tucson at Prince Road and CampbellAvenue. The city quickly engulfed him, so he and his wife Marion bought the then-remotefoothills site to build the Gallery in the Sun. His artwork gained enduringinternational acclaim when his painting Los Niños was chosen as a UNICEFgreeting card that sold millions worldwide in 1960. As the value of hisoriginal artwork soared, his fame and finances flourished. To protestinheritance taxes on works of art, DeGrazia hauled about 100 of his paintingson horseback to the Superstition Mountains near Phoenix and set them ablaze in1976. This infamous event was reported in such publications as The Wall StreetJournal and People magazine, becoming part of DeGrazia\'s legend before hisdeath in 1982.