Description: BLACK-HEADED ORIOLE, "BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA" BY SIMON CALBURN, 1975, OPEN EDITION 16-3/4 x 22-3/4", WITH A 19 x 14" IMAGE AREA, PHOTO LITHOGRAPHIC PRINT, IN VERY NEARLY PRISTINE MINT CONDITION (with a mild corner ding in the upper left corner, and a bit of very light, barely noticeable, slightly yellowish spots, mostly in the lower and left borders (none of which affects the image, and all of which can be easily matted out), keeping it from being perfect.BEAUTIFULLY REPRODUCED ON A HEAVY, SEMI-GLOSSY, IVORY WHITE PAPER, DIRECTLY FROM THE PAINTING.Please excuse the glare from the lighting in the lower right of some of the photos, which also made the rest of them a bit darker.SIGNED IN THE PAINTING IN THE LOWER RIGHT, AND THE TITLE AND OTHER INFO APPEARS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE LOWER BORDER.PART OF A SERIES OF PRINTS MADE FROM INCREDIBLY DETAILED AFRICAN PAINTINGS HE DID IN 1970s PUBLISHED BY HOWARD SWAN, AND DISTRIBUTED WORLDWIDE FROM THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA (RSA). WE CARRY A FEW MORE OF HIS PRINTS IN SEPARATE EBAY LISTINGS. WE ALSO CARRY HUNDREDS OF OTHER WILDLIFE, BIBLICAL, NAUTICAL, FINE ART, PINUP, FANTASY, AND WESTERN LIMITED EDITION PRINTS AND POSTERS FROM MANY, MANY OTHER PUBLISHERS. Purchased new from the publisher in the mid-1970s at wholesale, along with several others, never framed or displayed, and stored in our darkened, temperature controlled warehouse since, these prints are for the most part still in Nearly PRISTINE MINT condition, with their original creamy, ivory colored textured watercolor paper, and with Bright, Lustrous, completely UN-faded colors. NOTE: OUR PRINTS, WHILE MAYBE PRICED A BIT HIGHER, HAVE NEVER BEEN FRAMED OR EXPOSED TO LIGHT, HAVING BEEN STORED IN OUR DARKENED WAREHOUSE THE ENTIRE TIME-- NEARLY FOUR (4) DECADES-- SO, UNLIKE PRINTS OFFERED BY OTHERS, OURS ARE PRISTINE NEW, NEVER FRAMED OR DISPLAYED, IN NEARLY PERFECT MINT CONDITION AND TOTALLY UN-FADED ! JUST LOOK AT THE COLORS IN OUR PHOTOS, AND COMPARE WITH THE COMPETITION! We have been in the business for over fifty (50) years-- and over forty (40) in the same Lansing, Michigan location-- with a sterling reputation of honesty, integrity, and customer service. Please feel free to check us out under our original, ongoing, business name: FAIRFAX PRINTS LTD. (don't forget the "Ltd" if searching). We also carry limited and open edition prints, and sculpture, by Frank Frazetta, David Shepherd, Paul Calle, Frank McCarthy, John Clymer, Bev Dolittle, Bob McGinnis, Richard Luce, Tom Lovell, James Bama, Don Crowley, Roger Cooke, Robert Summers, Jeff Barson, Louis Icart, Karl Bang, James Gurney, Frederick Hart, Louis Paul Jonas, Salvador Dali, H. R. Giger, Antoine Louis Barye, Norman Lindsay, Alan Hunt, Charles Frace, Guy Coheleach, Peter Parnall, Alan Shepard, Simon Combes, Ron Frederick, Stephen Lyman, John Schoenherr, Mort Solberg, John Seerey-Lester, John Pitre and many others. PLEASE NOTE: Although new to eBay, Fairfax Collectables has been in business for over fifty (50) years in the collectible market-- both Retail and Wholesale. As Fairfax Prints and Fairfax Animation, we also deal in fantasy art prints and posters, and expensive Animation Art-- which we auction in all the major auction houses: Sothebys, Christies, Heritage, RR, and Bonhams. Please feel free to contact them to verify our honesty, veracity and longevity, and assure yourself of our prompt and impeccable service.Please also check out our wide assortment of other figurines and merchandise in our eBay webstore-- also the last, or nearly the last of their type we have available. We only have one, and occasionally two, examples of each of the figures we offer.
Price: 59.95 USD
Location: Lansing, Michigan
End Time: 2024-11-11T00:48:18.000Z
Shipping Cost: 0 USD
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Item Specifics
Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Size: Medium
Region of Origin: SOUTH AFRICA
Handmade: No
Artist: SIMON CALBURN
Production Technique: Offset Lithograph
Framing: Unframed
Country/Region of Manufacture: South Africa
Custom Bundle: No
Style: Realism
Item Height: 22.75 in
Item Width: 16.75 in
Material: OFFSET LITHOGRAPH, SEMI-GLOSSY PAPER, Paper
Theme: WILDLIFE, AFRICAN WILDLIFE, AFRICAN BIRDS, BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA
Time Period Produced: 1970-1979
Personalize: No
Type: Print
Title: BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA: BLACK-HEADED ORIOLE
Features: Signed, SIGNED IN THE PAINTING, Limited Edition
Image Orientation: Portrait
Subject: WILDLIFE, AFRICAN WILDLIFE, AFRICAN BIRDS, Birds, BLACK-HEADED ORIOLE, ORIOLES
Certificate of Authenticity (COA): No
Signed: No
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Year of Production: 1975
Unit of Sale: Single Piece
Width (Inches): 14
Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
Height (Inches): 19
Print Surface: Paper
Date of Creation: 1980s
Color: Multi-Color
PURCHASED ON BUSINESS TRIP TO S. AFRICA: IN THE 1980s.