Bill Papas

Jewelry Sellers - Santa Fe

Bill Papas's original etching, "Jewelry Sellers - Santa Fe" (New Mexico) is printed upon fine, archival paper with the 'Rives' watermark and with full, deckled margins as published in the limited edition of one hundred impressions around 1990. It is signed, titled, and numbered, by Bill Papas in pencil along the lower margin. Bearing the artist's "P" blindstamp in the paper to the lower left. The scene depicts two native American women selling their crafts and hand-made jewelry, most likely at the Palace of the Governors, which spans the north side of the Santa Fe Plaza, now part of the New Mexico History Museum. Today, Native American artists from more than 40 pueblos and tribes exhibit and sell art, jewelry and other crafts under the historic portal of this museum as part of the Native American Artisans Program. "Jewelry Sellers - Santa Fe" is a fine, original example of the etched art created by the twentieth century internationally known South African artist, William Papas 'Bill Papas'.

Jewelry Sellers - Santa Fe

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Bill Papas (Ermelo, South Africa, 1927 - Lived in Portland, Oregon, 1984-2000, Died, British Columbia, 2000)
#	Image	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	Notes
01-		Jewelry Sellers - Santa Fe by Bill Papas	Original Hand-Colored Etching	c. 1990	Signed, titled, and numbered, '11/100', by Bill Papas in pencil along the lower margin.
02.-		Outside the Life Stock Market, Mercedes by Bill Papas	Original Watercolor	c. 1990	Titled in pencil by Bill Papas to the lower left.
03.-		Mexican Sheepsellers, Mercedes, Texas by Bill Papas	Original Hand-Colored Etching	c. 1990	Signed, titled and numbered, '11/100', in pencil by Bill Papas along the lower margin.

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Title:	Jewelry Sellers - Santa Fe
Artist:	Papas, William 'Bill Papas' (Born, Ermelo, South Africa, 1927 - Lived in Portland, Oregon, 1984 - 2000, Died, British Columbia, 2000)
Date:	c. 1990
Medium:	Original Hand-Colored Etching
Edition:	Limited edition of one hundred impressions, numbered 11/100.
Note:	William Papas 'Bill Papas': A major twentieth century watercolorist, illustrator, printmaker and caricaturist, Bill Papas was born in South Africa and served (at age fifteen) in that nation's air force during the Second World War. At the war's end he traveled through Europe and studied art periodically at the Beckenham School of Art, London, and the Cite Universitie, Paris. Papas returned to South Africa in 1952 and began working as both an artist and a reporter for the Cape Times and Johannesburg Star. His work as a newspaper artist at the famous Nelson Mandela treason trials, Pretoria, brought his art to international attention and, in 1959, he became the political cartoonists for The Guardian, London. Papas later became a leading political cartoonist for The Sunday Times (1960-65) and Punch Magazine (1966-71). At this period his art was syndicated in more than 100 newspapers throughout the world.
	Bill Papas's first illustrated book was published in 1952. During the following years his art was frequently commissioned by major publishers such as Oxford University Press and Collins. Some of his finely illustrated books include, P. H. Nortje, The Green Alley (1963), C. Downing, Tales of the Hodja (1964), R. Manning-Sanders, Damien and the Dragon (1965), H. F. Brinsmead, Beat of the City (1968), C. Downing, Armenian Folk Tales (1972), W. H. Nelson, The Londoners (1975), Malcolm Muggeridge, In a Valley of this Restless Mind (1978) and C. S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters (1979). As well, Bill Papas authored and illustrated the following books; Under the Tablecloth (1952), The Press (1964), No Mules (1967), A Letter from India (1968), A Letter from Israel (1968), Taresh the Tea Planter (1968) and People of Old Jerusalem (1980).
	During the last three decades of his life Bill Papas lived and worked in such locations as Greece (1971-83), Jerusalem (1978-79), Geneva (1983-84) and Portland, Oregon (1984-2000). A tireless traveler, Papas's watercolors and prints of this period brilliantly delineate the peoples and places of many lands.
	An original hand-colored etching, "Jewelry Sellers - Santa Fe" (New Mexico) was created by Bill Papas while he was traveling through the United States some time during the 1990's. The scene depicts two native American women selling their crafts and hand-made jewelry, most likely at the Palace of the Governors which spans the north side of the Santa Fe Plaza. Today, as part of the Native American Artisans Program, Native American artists from more than 40 pueblos and tribes still exhibit and sell their art, jewelry and other crafts under the portal of this National Historic Landmark, now part of the New Mexico History Museum. The Museum is located on the plaza in downtown Santa Fe, New Mexico. This original impression of "Jewelry Sellers - Santa Fe" is signed, titled, and numbered, by Bill Papas in pencil along the lower margin. Bearing the artist's "P" blindstamp in the paper to the lower left. It is a fine, original example of the etched art created by the twentieth century artist, Bill Papas.
	Today the art of Bill Papas is found in such collections as the National Portrait Gallery, London, the Vorres Museum, Athens, and the Old City Museum, Jerusalem. Recent retrospective exhibitions of his art include 'Papas Retrospective', Boston (2003), 'The Guardian newspaper of London Papas Retrospective' (2004) and the 'Papas Retrospective of Greek and American Watercolors, Drawings and Cartoons", Hellenic-American Institute, Athens (2004). In 2015, a major exhibition featuring original watercolors, acrylics and prints by Bill Papas was held at the Hellenic-American Cultural Center & Museum Father Elias Stphanopoulos Center, in Portland, Oregon.
Size:	20 X 16 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
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Condition:	Printed upon fine, archival paper with the 'Rives' watermark and with full, deckled margins as published in the limited edition around 1990. Signed, titled, and numbered, '11/100', by the artist in pencil along the lower margin. Bearing Papas's "P" blindstamp in the paper to the lower left. With fine, unfaded hand-coloring and in excellent condition throughout. Jewelry Sellers - Santa Fe represents a prime, original example of the famous art of Bill Papas.
Subject:	Bill Papas, "P" blindstamp Jewelry Sellers - Santa Fe, New Mexico art, watercolor artist, illustrator, printmaker, caricaturist, American art, South African artist.
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