James Bama Crow Indian with Peace Pipe Canvas FRAMED *Artist: James Bama. NEW RELEASE for Feb. 2009! Title: "Crow Indian with Peace Pipe". * Limited Edition Canvas Giclee *Custom Framed signed and numbered by the artist. Limited to a very low edition size of only 75 images (on canvas) worldwide. * Image size is 17" x 21". Outside framed size: 19 1/2" x 23 1/2".Custom framed in a Museum quality Italian Roma moulding 1 1/4"" wide #838045 from the "La Treccia" Collection in the Boardwalk Black finish. This frame features a woven banded strapping design motif which is perfect with the American Indian motif and is seen in many of their handicraft works like shields and drums. *We do all the custom framing here at the gallery in Vermont with over 25 years experience in the fine art and custom picture framing field. *An average retail price for this piece framed including the artwork is: $795.00.Offered here on this "buy-it-now" listing framed for $65.00 above the cost of the artwork alone which is $595.00. *Special price reflects a $135.00 savings on the quality custom picture framing. *Mint Condition! Brand new stock drop shipped directly from the publisher(Greenwich Workshop).We are an authorized dealer for Greenwich. *Be one of the few clients who can own this piece on canvas! Buyer gets FREE! shipping and insurance. *This piece will be shipped flat for your best protection in transit. Thank you. Jim Duff~ Early River Gallery.My Stores Logo *About This Piece: “I painted a lot of old time Westerners¯cowboys, Indians, outfitters¯people with wrinkles. But I painted them as people. That they were Westerners was incidental. If I had moved to New England as I first intended, I would have painted wrinkled fisherman.” James Bama met Henry Bright Wings during a medicine ceremony performed in the tepee of a Crow medicine man in Wyola, Montana. He was then 68. Bama liked his classic face, which he thought would have been appropriate on a buffalo nickel. When Bright Wings visited Old Trail Town in Cody, Wyoming several years later, Bama dressed him in historical costume including a pre-1900 headdress and a very old buffalo robe from the Old Trail Town Museum in Cody. In earlier times the right to wear a headdress had to be earned, usually in battle. Today even women and children sometimes wear a showy nontraditional war bonnet for pow-wow dance parades and celebrations. Many men feel that their age is entitlement enough, but others will not wear a headdress because they do not consider it their proper. Bama met a Pine Ridge Reservation Indian who would not pose in a headdress even though he was 45 years old and certainly looked venerable enough. During the Indian Wars of the post-Civil War years, Bright Wings’ people, the Crows, frequently allied themselves with the military against such traditional enemies as the Sioux and the Cheyenne. Crow scouts rode to their deaths with Custer. James Bama was born in 1926 and grew up in the Northeast. He followed his early interest in art through New York’s specialized High School of Music and Art and the Art Students League. As a professional, Bama has earned a reputation for several facets of his talent. He freelanced briefly before spending fifteen years at the respected Charles E. Cooper Studios—at the time, the country’s top firm of illustrators—and more freelancing followed. Bama’s activities during this period were highlighted by artwork for the New York Giants football team, the Baseball and Football Halls of Fame, the U.S. Air Force and The Saturday Evening Post. Fans of pop culture may know him best as the artist who portrayed Doc Savage on sixty-two memorable book covers. Then Bama decided it was finally time to do what he most wanted to do. He moved west to Wyoming, where an artist “can trace the beginnings of Western history; see the oldest weapons, saddles and guns and be close to Indian culture.” He sold his first Western fine art painting soon after the move. The distinctive work of James Bama combines tradition with modern realities. In his much-acclaimed studies, Bama shows the contemporary West preserving its traditional culture. His portraits of inhabitants of the plains and mountains capture the true character of the West. Today the paintings of James Bama are part of many prestigious collections. Bama has been represented in major exhibitions throughout the West and has been presented in one-man shows in New York City. Bantam Books published The Western Art of James Bama in 1975 and The Art of James Bama in 1993. Jim was inducted into the Illustrator’s Hall of Fame June 28, 2000. Through his portraits of real people of the new West re-creating their history and heritage, Bama pays homage to the Old West and is renowned in yet another realm of the art world. *Note:Please allow about a week for the quality custom picture framing production after your order is placed.* This pre- release offering will be arriving at the publisher late Jan. 2009.YOu can place your advanced orders here from this "buy-it-now" listing. Thank you. About Early River Gallery: Greetings from Vermont. We have been in business since 1977 offering Fine Art, Antiques,Period Victorian Lighting, Museum Quality Custom Picture Framing,Antique and Limited Edition prints.Also offering one of the most comprehensive selections of Fine Art Giclee Canvas and Lithographic prints on the web by major publishers such as The Greenwich Workshop, Hadley House Publishing,Mill Pond Press,Wild Apple Graphics and more...