James Bama "Rookie Bronc Rider" 170/1000 1974 LTD signed, custom mat and frame

Description

James Bama - Signed and numbered 170/1000 rare copy of "Rookie Bronc Rider".
About Rookie Bronc Rider: "This was a student in a five-day bronc riding course, training to become a rodeo performer. He is shown studying the horses while others ride them so that he will be familiar with their particular traits when his turn comes. The only way to gain experience is to mount the bucking animals and many rookies wind up in the hospital. This fellow's concentration paid off. He came through intact."
This rare and original lithograph has been custom framed to accentuate the Western accents with a unique solid oak, leather, suede and gesso frame with anti-glare glass.
The long sold-out limited edition print from Greenwich Workshop
measures 19"w x 14 1/2"h.
In its current frame, the size is 31"w x 27.25"h. I am the original owner of this lithograph, having purchased it in 1978 on first release. The frame was from an old family painting I had restored and upgraded with the leather panel and suede mat. It's a truly unique piece.
James Bama
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.