Bill Papas

Outside the Life Stock Market, Mercedes & Mexican Sheepsellers, Mercedes, Texas

Bill Papas's "Outside the Life Stock Market, Mercedes" and "Mexican Sheepsellers, Mercedes, Texas" are grouped together for obvious reasons. The watercolor on your upper left is a preparatory study for the finished etching and thus (when viewed together), they represent a marvelous example of Bill Papas's creative techniques. The scene depicts two ranchers (Mexican Sheepsellers), at the market standing beside their old pickup loaded with sheep. The watercolor on your upper left is a preparatory study for the finished etching and thus (when viewed together), they represent a marvelous example of Bill Papas's creative techniques. Interestingly, for the final print, he completely altered the secondary character as well as adding several more sheep, moving the red 'For Sale' sign, and depicting a dog and her puppies, along with some rabbits in a cage on the ground behind the old pickup. The original watercolor (to the left) is titled by Bill Papas and the original hand-coloured etching (to the right) is fully signed, titled and numbered by him and bears his 'P' blindstamp. Both are on exactly identical 'Rives' watermarked papers. Mercedes is a small city on the Texas/Mexico border located about 15 miles south-west of Harlingen, Texas. "Outside the Life Stock Market, Mercedes" & "Mexican Sheepsellers, Mercedes, Texas" are fine, original examples of the American art created by the twentieth century internationally known South African artist, William Papas 'Bill Papas'.

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William Papas 'Bill Papas' (Ermelo, South Africa, 1927 - Lived in Portland, Oregon, 1984-2000, Died, British Columbia, 2000)
#	Image	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	Notes
01-		Jewelry Sellers - Santa Fe by Bill Papas	Original Hand-Colored Etching	c. 1990	Signed, titled, and numbered, '11/100', by Bill Papas in pencil along the lower margin.
02.-		Outside the Life Stock Market, Mercedes by Bill Papas	Original Watercolor	c. 1990	Titled in pencil by Bill Papas to the lower left.
03.-		Mexican Sheepsellers, Mercedes, Texas by Bill Papas	Original Hand-Colored Etching	c. 1990	Signed, titled and numbered, '11/100', in pencil by Bill Papas along the lower margin.

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	Title # 1: Outside the Life Stock Market, Mercedes
Artist:	Papas, William 'Bill Papas' (Ermelo, South Africa, 1927 - Lived in Portland, Oregon, 1984 - 2000, Died, British Columbia, 2000)
Date:	c. 1990
Medium:	Original Watercolor
Size:	20 1/2 X 17 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Unmatted

	Title # 2: Mexican Sheepsellers, Mercedes, Texas
Artist:	Papas, William 'Bill Papas' (Born, Ermelo, South Africa, 1927 - Lived in Portland, Oregon, 1984 - 2000, Died, British Columbia, 2000)
Date:	c. 1990
Medium:	Original Hand-Colored Etching
Edition:	Limited edition of one hundred impressions, numbered 11/100.
Size:	19 3/4 X 15 3/4 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Unmatted
Buy Now	Price: $1,500.00 US (for the pair)

Note:	William Papas 'Bill Papas': A major twentieth century watercolorist, illustrator, printmaker and caricaturist, Bill Papas was born in South Africa and served (at age fifteen) in that nation's air force during the Second World War. At the war's end he traveled through Europe and studied art periodically at the Beckenham School of Art, London, and the Cite Universitie, Paris. Papas returned to South Africa in 1952 and began working as both an artist and a reporter for the Cape Times and Johannesburg Star. His work as a newspaper artist at the famous Nelson Mandela treason trials, Pretoria, brought his art to international attention and, in 1959, he became the political cartoonists for The Guardian, London. Bill Papas later became a leading political cartoonist for The Sunday Times (1960-65) and Punch Magazine (1966-71). At this period his art was syndicated in more than 100 newspapers throughout the world.
	Bill Papas's first illustrated book was published in 1952. During the following years his art was frequently commissioned by major publishers such as Oxford University Press and Collins. Some of his finely illustrated books include, P. H. Nortje, The Green Alley (1963), C. Downing, Tales of the Hodja (1964), R. Manning-Sanders, Damien and the Dragon (1965), H. F. Brinsmead, Beat of the City (1968), C. Downing, Armenian Folk Tales (1972), W. H. Nelson, The Londoners (1975), Malcolm Muggeridge, In a Valley of this Restless Mind (1978) and C. S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters (1979). As well, Bill Papas authored and illustrated the following books; Under the Tablecloth (1952), The Press (1964), No Mules (1967), A Letter from India (1968), A Letter from Israel (1968), Taresh the Tea Planter (1968) and People of Old Jerusalem (1980).
	During the last three decades of his life Bill Papas lived and worked in such locations as Greece (1971-83), Jerusalem (1978-79), Geneva (1983-84) and Portland, Oregon (1984-2000). A tireless traveler, Papas's watercolors and prints of this period brilliantly delineate the peoples and places of many lands.
	Both "Outside the Life Stock Market, Mercedes" and "Mexican Sheepsellers, Mercedes, Texas" were created by Bill Papas while traveling through the United States some time during the 1990's. The scene depicts two ranchers (Mexican Sheepsellers), at the market standing beside their old pickup loaded with their sheep. The watercolor on your upper left is a preparatory study for the finished etching and thus (when viewed together), they represent a marvelous example of Bill Papas's creative techniques. Interestingly, for the final print, he completely altered the secondary character as well as adding several more sheep, moving the red 'For Sale' sign, and depicting a dog and her puppies, along with some rabbits in a cage on the ground behind the old pickup. The original watercolor (to the left) is titled by Bill Papas and the original hand-coloured etching (to the right) is fully signed, titled and numbered by him and bears his 'P' blindstamp. Both are on exactly identical 'Rives' watermarked papers. Mercedes is a small city on the Texas/Mexico border located about 15 miles south-west of Harlingen, Texas. "Outside the Life Stock Market, Mercedes" & "Mexican Sheepsellers, Mercedes, Texas" are fine, original examples of the American art created by the twentieth century internationally known South African artist, Bill Papas.
	Today the art of Bill Papas is found in such collections as the National Portrait Gallery, London, the Vorres Museum, Athens, and the Old City Museum, Jerusalem. Recent retrospective exhibitions of his art include 'Papas Retrospective', Boston (2003), 'The Guardian newspaper of London Papas Retrospective' (2004) and the 'Papas Retrospective of Greek and American Watercolors, Drawings and Cartoons", Hellenic-American Institute, Athens (2004). In 2015, a major exhibition featuring original watercolors, acrylics and prints by Bill Papas was held at the Hellenic-American Cultural Center & Museum Father Elias Stphanopoulos Center, in Portland, Oregon.
Condition:	Both Outside the Life Stock Market, Mercedes and Mexican Sheepsellers, Mercedes, Texas are on identical sheets of archival paper with full, deckled margins and bearing the 'Rives' watermark. The watercolor (Outside the Life Stock Market) is titled by Bill Papas to the lower left. It contains several, slight browning spots on the verso, else in excellent condition throughout. The etching (Mexican Sheepsellers) is pencil signed, titled and numbered, '11/100', by the artist along the lower margin. It also contains the 'P' blindstamp of the artist to the lower left. This piece is also in excellent condition. These works of art represent prime, original examples of the famous work of Bill Papas.
Subject:	Bill Papas, "P" blindstamp Outside the Life Stock Market, Mercedes, Mexican Sheepsellers, Mercedes, Texas Texan art, watercolor artist, illustrator, printmaker, caricaturist, American art, South African artist.
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