MAX KARP "ELEVEN SNOWBIRDS" 1977 ENAMEL ON COPPER STATUS TO BE PICASSO, MIRO, CALDER, MONET, DA VINCI ETC Start Price USD 35,000.00 Current Price USD 35,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Friday, October 24, 2008 End Time Sunday, November 23, 2008 Location Thousand Oaks, California See more about 'MAX KARP "ELEVEN SNOWBIRDS" 1977 ENAMEL ON COPPER' Description You are bidding on an incredible original artwork by Max Karp... "ELEVEN SNOWBIRDS" -- The painting measures 24" x 36" .    THE CONDITION IS EXCELLENT.  NO RESERVE.  SATISFACTION GUARANTEED OR YOUR MONEY BACK. This is one of his signature pieces purchased in 1977 directly from Max.  MAX WAS THRILLED WITH THIS BEAUTY.  HE CONSIDERED IT ONE OF HIS BEST WORKS AND ONLY SOLD IT TO MY FATHER IN LAW AFTER AN EXTENDED NEGOTIATION. For the record.... "ELEVEN SNOWBIRDS" has a Art Gallery Retail Price Range of somewhere north of $50,000.00   In fact, a similar piece featuring 7 or 8 Snowbirds sold for $52,000.00 last year.   It is my belief that in the years to come, Max will receive the acclaim and recognition he deserves.  Then the prices of these wonderful enamel creations will appreciate like the price of gold in a financial meltdown.  Perhaps, someday six figures and then on to seven figures. See link  for dozens of examples of his work...    http://www.whittkrauss.com/art.asp?a=5   Biography:  American Artist Max Karp is internationally acclaimed as the “father of modern enameling.” His enormous talent and perfection of the unique enameling process assured his place in art history. A self-taught artist, Karp was born in Ohio in 1916 and raised in Southern California. Karp began painting in oils as he recorded various species of birds and insects for his ornithologist/entomologist father. In the mid-1960's, Karp became interested in the enamel process. Beginning on a small scale, he mastered the miniature enamel technique and later perfected the large-scale painting for which he is best known. Karps’ deft hands manipulated the powderized colored glass into detailed images on thick copper plates. His use of color and line would have been accomplished for even a painter working in traditional materials. In 1970 The Hamilton Mint commissioned Karp to produce the “Four Seasons” paintings, which were then issued as a limited edition of plates on precious metal. In 1980 Karp's enamel portrait of Beverly Sills was presented to the American Queen of Opera following her final opera performance. Numerous benefactors of the arts, including Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Happy Rockefeller and Sarah Churchill, were avid collectors of Max Karps’ work     Place a Bid!