"Tall Tail" Charley Harper Limited Edition Serigraph
Item Details
A graphic limited edition serigraph print titled Tall Tail by highly regarded Cincinnati wildlife artist Charley Harper (1922-2007). Released in 1974, this vertical image depicts a roadrunner with the tail of a lizard hanging from its mouth, with a prickly cactus in the background. Edition number 318 of 2000, numbered and signed by Harper in pencil to the lower margin. Presented behind white mat, under glass, in a beveled wood frame with a gilt and black painted finish. Of this work, Harper composed: ‘Why take off when you can taxi like the roadrunner? He’s the fastest run in the West, but the collared lizard’s got the drop on him – dropped his tail to save his neck. More comical than a caricature of himself, the lizard lovin’ roadrunner is a regular cactus-country cutup, a zany zygodactyl, and a desert dragster, a kooky cuckoo clocked at 15mph. The lizard? His throwaway tail will soon grow back, different maybe, but better’n no tail t’all.’
Dimensions
Visible image area measures 11" W x 18.5" H.
Item #
15CIN103-316
