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“Sourdough" a Stone Lithograph c.1952 by the late Fred Machetanz - $1,800
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a Stone Lithograph c.1952
by the late acclaimed Alaskan Artist
Fred Machetanz
(American, 1908-2002)
This piece depicts “Bert Cluett”,
coming from Australia to search for gold in the early 1900's, he earned the nickname “Sourdough”,
a term used for a practice of including a small portion of a sourdough starter for leavening when making bread and pancakes out on the trail.
It is titled on the lower left,
marked Edition-100,
hand signed by Fred Machetanz in graphite on the lower right.
It is matted in a black frame
measuring 20" tall x 16" wide
(has been conservation mounted with acid free materials by Arti-Circle)
“As Alaska's preeminent artist,
Fred Machetanz (February 20, 1908 – October 6, 2002) traveled a long trail from his first one-man show in 1961.
He was an Alaskan painter and illustrator who specialized in depictions of Alaskan scenes, people and wildlife. His paintings and stone lithographs have been exhibited around the world. He pictured the Alaska he first encountered in the village of Unalakleet. It was there that he first established a bond with the land and its people that lasted nearly 50 years. He died in 2002 at age 94”