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MINT! 22 X 15 INCHES Peter Parnall depicting honeybees and gold toned hexagons, representing the shape of honeycomb. Vintage 1976 serigraph by listed artist Peter Parnall.Titled honeycomb it's numbered 176/1000.It has original gallery envelope and COAPencil signed lower rightMeasures 22 1/2 X 14 3/4 inches Peter Parnall was born in Syracuse, New York on May 23, 1936. He was raised in a little town called Willow Springs in the Mojave Desert. He went to Cornell in 1954 because he wanted to become a veterinarian but got pneumonia and failed his freshman mid-terms. After leaving Cornell he went west to train horses. When his father's birthday came around, he drew him a picture of a horse. His father hung it on the wall and told him he should go back to school for art. He attended the Pratt Institute for two years, until he got bored and left. He had a freelance advertising business (with clients including Mr. Potato Head and G.I. Joe), which he enjoyed but eventually "got tired of convincing people they should buy stuff they don’t need. Works He has illustrated over eighty books written by others and has authored and self-illustrated several books of his own, often studies of habitats.His favorite medium is pen and ink of subjects from the natural world. Many of his works have been separately published in limited editions as signed and numbered prints. Framing available just message for more info
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