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The Wild West
The Wild West
The Wild West

The Wild West

Artist (American, Ojibwa Chippewa, born 1954)
Printer (American, born 1946)
Publisher (American, 1980 - 1997)
Date1981
Mediumcolor lithograph
DimensionsImage: 12 × 9 in. (30.5 × 22.9 cm)
Support: 12 × 9 in. (30.5 × 22.9 cm)
Mat: 17 × 14 in. (43.2 × 35.6 cm)
ClassificationsGraphic
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Mel Pfaelzer, 1982
Object number1982.37
DescriptionA coyote is howling in left foreground near the horned skull of a bovine. Saguaro cacti dominate the barren landscape of the middle ground of the image, with two prominent ones at the right. In the background, a city with tall buildings sits at the base of red and black hills, which have large letters on the side, spelling "HOLLYWOOD." The far background includes a smoking volcano.
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On the verso of the lithograph is a stamp with the initials MB. After an in-depth internet search, it appears that this stamp might belong to an individual by the name of Mark Buckelew. According to Mark Buckelew's LinkedIn page, he received a Printer Certificate in Fine Art Lithography from the Tamarind Institute in 1981 and was then Print Shop Assistant at Naravisa Press between May of 1981 to August of 1984.

Since this print was completed in 1981 and corresponds with the time frame that Mark Buckelew was the Print Assistant at Naravisa Press, there is strong evidence that the MB stamp found on the verso of the print belongs to Mark Buckelew.

Mark Buckelew will not be included as a collaborating printer listed in the constituents for this work because we cannot 100% confirm that it was him and that we do not know his actual role in the printing process.

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