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THE HOLY GRAIL!
DEGRAZIA
ORIGINAL ART
BOY WITH FLOWER BASKET
BUCK SAUNDERS GALLERY
MAGNIFICENT COLORS!
SIGNED
( Dimensions: 15" By 12" )
DeGrazia is the penultimate Arizona painter and an iconof the mid century period! His story is compelling and filledwith larger than life moments! Born to Italian immigrantminers in Arizona, he was supposed to follow in his father'sfootsteps and become a miner. But this was not for him!He traveled nearly penniless to Mexico to watch Diego Riveraand his idols paint and create. He worked with Rivera asan assistant and developed his own primitive style!
He returned, married and with bills to pay.His paintings could not be given away. Scenes of
firing squads and poverty were not popular and DeGrazia'searliest works would be left out overnight outside his studioin Tucson and no one would even steal them!
Even with a favorable Arizona Highways write up in 1941,DeGrazia's primitive works just didn't catch on with the public.
Enter Buck Saunders! Saunders had the first Gallery in Scottsdale,Arizona and featured the finest artists from art colonies in the
region. His gallery was perhaps the most prestigious in the
entire southwest. Saunders convinced DeGrazia that hiswork needed to be brighter and cheerier to be marketable;that buyers wanted to buy the southwest, but wanted worksthat would uplift and inspire them each time they wouldlook at them. DeGrazia took his words to heart and
worked with Saunders to sell his art.
Angels, children and the most charming subjects
imaginable came forth!
At this time, he experimented with tile, murals, pottery,sculpture and textiles. DeGrazia gave many mediums a try
and then settled with what he was most comfortable - painting. After this period DeGrazia worked with a lithographerto copy his works so he could sell the same workmore than once. He would sign limited edition lithos.Offered is the Holy Grail for DeGrazia collectors!Original DeGrazia textile art from the early sixties
and sold by Buck Saunders Gallery! This magnificent workfeatures a young boy with a flower basket. The boy and the flowers are the most colorful
and amazing thing we have ever seen!
The stitching is absolutely amazing! Rare doesn't even begin to describe this work!The original purchaser was told that this work was one ofDeGrazia's few textile works and that he likely would notbe continuing them because they were too time consuming!Naturally, Buck Saunders closed the sale and this collectoracquired some of the rarest and unique DeGrazia piecesever made!
And now this piece of art history is available for purchasefor the first time since it was originally sold. The work isin very fine condition with one small stain near the topof the canvas and has been tucked safelyaway in Scottsdale for over half a century!Its endlessly charming and is not just a work ofart but a choice investment for a discerning collector!Perfect art for your NY penthouse, Palm Springs atomic ranchor Scottsdale retreat!
ORIGINAL DEGRAZIA ART FOR YOUR
MOST TREASURED COLLECTION!
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