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MINT! 15X15 INCHES BUTTERFLY BY PETER PARNALL, LIMITED EDITION SIZE IS 817/1500. IT WAS PRINTED IN 1977 BY GREENWICH WORKSHOP. IT HAS NEVER BEEN FRAMED AND IS IN ORIGINAL FOLDER. I HAVE COLLECTED PARNALL WORK FOR A WHILE AND WILL BE LISTING NEW PIECES SOON. I HAVE THE COMPLETE SET STARTING WITH BUFFALO SUN THROUGH TO DEAD END MOLE. ART IS AVAILABLE TO SHIP. 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 is available, just message for more info.
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