Lot # : 462 - CARSON & BARNES CIRCUS ART RENDERINGS

FROM A LETTER BY PETE WALKER ENCLOSED WITH THE LOT: "THIS LITHOGRAPHIC SUITE HAD IT'S GENESIS IN SKETCHES DESIGNED TO DECORATE THE SIDES OF TRUCKS FOR CARSON & BARNES CIRCUS. THE TRUCK PICTORIALS WERE EXECUTED IN A BARN IN HUGO, OKLAHOMA, OUR CIRCUS WINTERQUARTERS IN THE WINTER OF 1977-78. THE WORK WAS DONE BY ME, MY WIFE CINDI AND MY ASSISTANTS - VIRGINIA RABORN AND MOIRA LOTER. THE FINISHED PIECES, EACH CONSISTING OF FIVE 4'X8' PLYWOOD SECTIONS WITH A WELDED STEEL FRAME, MEASURED 8'X20'. OUR PRIMARY MEDIUMS WERE DUTCH BOY EXTERIOR ACRYLIC HOUSEPAINT AND VARNISH. THESE LITHOGRAPHS ARE A SYNTHESIS OF THOSE PANELS AND SKETCHES. USING THE MEDIUM OF LITHOGRAPHY IN A DIRECT AND IMMEDIATE MANNER, I HOPE I HAVE MANAGED TO CONVEY IN THESE IMAGES THE LOVE I FEEL FOR THE CIRCUS. THEY ARE ALSO A TRIBUTE TO MANY UNKNOWN, OR UNRECOGNIZED , CRAFTSMEN IN WHAT WAS TRADITIONALLY AN EXTREMELY VITAL FORM OF APPLIED ART. I HOPE YOU ENJOY THEM. I ENJOYED MAKING THEM." EACH 15"X41. TWO WITH EDGE TEARS.