Star Map

LITHOGRAPH
 
Discover this lithograph based on a 1932 pen‑and‑ink original, Star Map, by Tom Lea. The artwork measures 17.5″ × 17.75″ in its original form and was created while Lea was living in Chicago during his early years away from his Texas home. Expressing his longing for the skies of the Southwest, this piece reflects his technical skill and his love for the border region. Tom Lea wrote that he saw in his mind's eye “the North Star and the Big Dipper over Mount Franklin at home, remembering how the little dots of white I placed and lettered made the shape of old Orion coming up over the Huecos on a fall evening, or the Lyre with bright Vega high overhead in the quietness at Mimbres on a summer night.”
 – Tom Lea, A Picture Gallery, Boston: Little Brown and Company, p. 7-8.
 
The print available includes a 4" white border and measures a total 26″ × 26″.
Limited edition of 365 prints.