This limited edition print is in near mint condition. It has been stored in our gallery and never framed. It is numbered and signed by the artist. Buy with confidence - every order is shipped with delivery confirmation tracking number. Fast shipping from our non-smoking home. 2018AMADFR Additional Details ------------------------------ Product description: The Blacksmith is a signed and numbered limited edition print by David Halbach. This piece shows a snowy winter evening with the light from an old blacksmith shop shining out. The image size is 16 1/4" x 22". Overall size is 20 3/4" x 25". It was published by Texas Art Press in 1979 in an edition size of 2,250. About the Artist: In 1985 David Halbach was inducted into the CAA, the same year his painting Chippawa Hunter won the Purchase Award at the Buffalo Bill Historical Museum in Cody, Wyoming. The year 1986 marked his first place award for Region 11 in the Arts for the Parks competition. David was honored in 1990 with the Western Heritage Award given by the Favell Museum of Klamath Falls, Oregon, for excellence in portraying the West, past and present, in watercolors. His painting Heading Out appears in The West, A Treasure of Art and Literature by Watkins Watkins. A graduate of Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles, David worked on Lady and the Tramp feature Disney film, taught art in the Los Angeles Unified School District and joined other artists in many invitational art shows and galleries. On his first invitation to the National Cowboy Western Heritage Museum, he won the prestigious Silver Medal for his watercolor, Story Teller. In 1995 David was contacted by National Geographic to help complete a film project for children. His paintings were used to depict the life of mountain men. In the summer of 2004, the U.S. Embassy asked to show one of David?s paintings in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, with the Arts in the Embassies Program, and his painting Forewarned was purchased by the Museum of Western Art in Kerrville, Texas. In 2006, David was selected as one of the top 100 artists in the 2006 Arts for the Parks Show in Jackson, Wyoming. David has won numerous CAA Gold and Silver medals. In 2010 he won the Gold Medal for Water Solubles for his painting Awaitin? The Cow Boss. Material: Silver