Utley Windsor (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Photographs (illustrator). 1st Edition. 272 Pp. Red Leatherette With Gilt Lettering. Privately Published, Very Scarce With No Institutional Holding Recorded In Worldcat As Of August 2015. Inscribed "Best Wishes To My Old Friend Marie, Merrill G. "Doc" Utley", With His Telephone Numbers Below And Also On A Loosely Inserted Slip Of Paper. From The Estate Of Marie Windsor, Utah Native And Hollywood Actress Best Known For Her Film Noir And Western Roles. Inscribed by Author(s).

Matted and framed under glass. Condition: Drawing Fine. Windsor Utley (illustrator). Original Artwork. Original charcoal on paper depicting an Italian hill town amid rolling hills. Paper measures 10.5 x 15.75 inches; frame measures 20 x 25.5 inches. Mounted on a board and centered on mat, under glass with a prosaic wood frame. The label mounted on the back of the frame indicates the work was purchased from the artist's gallery, Utley's, on Seattle's First Avenue. Frame with light wear, else Fine. Although undated, "Italian Hill Town" is informed by Utley's 1951-'52 tenure in Siena, where he studied with sculptor-painter Bruno Buracchini. The label for Utley's Gallery, which opened in 1966, presents Punchenello, the ill-tempered figure from commedia del'arte theater. Today, the Utley painting most recognized by Seattleites is "Tribute to Beethoven," since 1988 a 16.5-foot mural on permanent exhibit in the main lobby of the University of Washington's Meany Theater. Included with the work is a substantial octavo catalog of Utley works, some-40 pp., issued by the Otto Seligman Gallery. The catalog features a chronology, an essay on Utley by Seligman, along with photos of him, and reproductions of many works. Indeed, a folding card invites customers to view "Tribute to Beethoven" from May-June 1964. The invitation features a color reproduction of the mural. .