"Hexit" Charley Harper Artist Proof Serigraph with Personal Note

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An original artist proof serigraph on paper titled Hexit by highly regarded Cincinnati wildlife artist Charley Harper (1922-2007). An image of a barn owl mid-flight as he exits a wooden barn with a painted hex sign to the facade. It is artist proof 25, bearing a number, pencil and personal inscription across the bottom reading ’Artist’s Proof XXV To Brandy – with congraduations C. Harper.’ Presented behind gray mat, under glass, in a simple beveled wood frame. Included with this piece is an original marker lady bug on cardstock with ‘To Brandy’ written on it.

Of this work, Harper composed: “A hex is on the mice in the meadow as the perfect mousetrap exits his home in the haymow to haunt the deepening dusk. Like all his ghostly clan, the barn owl prowls the darkness, tending to the balance of nature as his hoots and screams conjure up witches and demons. Is the hex sign protection from them? Probably not. The Pennsylvania Dutch will tell you it”s only decoration, “chust for nice.” The owl is “chust for mice.”

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15CIN533-050