C. David Thomas

Okita of the Teahouse

C. David Thomas's "Okita of the Teahouse" is an original lithograph created by the American painter and printmaker in 1976. This haunting and unforgettable image of "Okita of the Teahouse" is a superb example of David Thomas's surreal art. This original impression is printed upon fine, hand-made, laid paper with the “BFK Rives France” watermark and with full deckled margins as published in the limited edition of twenty five impressions. It is signed, dated, titled and numbered by Thomas in pencil along the lower margin.

Okita of the Teahouse

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C. David Thomas (American, 20th century)
#	Image	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	Notes
01-		Okita of the Teahouse by C. David Thomas	Original Lithograph	1976	Signed, dated & titled in pencil numbered '22/25'
02.-		The Hour of The Beauty Sleeping by C. David Thomas	Original Lithograph	1976	Signed, dated, titled and annotated, "artists' proof" in pencil

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Title:	Okita of the Teahouse
Artist:	Thomas, C. David (American, 20th century)
Date:	1976
Medium:	Original Lithograph
Note:	C. David Thomas: A contemporary American painter and printmaker, C. David Thomas began exhibiting his art shortly after his release from active duty in Vietnam with the United States Army. He began his military duty in Pleiku with the 20th Engineer Battalion and served as a combat artist and as a soldier. Since then he has returned to Vietnam on many occasions, both as a working artist and as director of the Indochina Arts Partnership, an association which promotes artists' links between America and Vietnam. Thomas has also served as Professor of Art at Emmanuel College and has written and illustrated the book, Ho Chi Minh - A Portrait (2002).
	C. David Thomas has created two often interwoven worlds in his original lithographs; one, a surreal world of dream and imagination, and two, a vehicle of protest against military activities in South East Asia and elsewhere. Okita of the Teahouse is a superb example of David Thomas's surreal art. It is at once a haunting and unforgettable image.
	Since 1975 C. David Thomas has participated in many national and international exhibitions. In 1992, he was one of twenty American artists (along with twenty Vietnamese artists) who took part in a major two year exhibition entitled, 'As Seen By Both Sides'. The exhibition concentrated upon art of the Vietnam War and its effects and toured such places as, the Boston University Art Gallery, the University of California at Los Angeles, the Atlanta College of Arts Gallery, Georgia, Missouri University, the National Museum of Fine Arts, Hanoi, Vietnam and the Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts Museum, Vietnam. In 2002/2003 Thomas was the recipient of the Fulbright Scholar Grant which enabled him to pursue his artistic career at the Hanoi Fine Arts College, Vietnam.
Edition:	Limited Edition of twenty five impressions, numbered 22/25.
Size:	19 X 15 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
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Condition:	Printed upon fine, hand-made, laid paper with the “BFK Rives France” watermark and with full deckled margins as published in 1976. Signed, dated, titled and numbered, '22/25' by Thomas in pencil along the lower margin. A strongly printed impression and in excellent condition throughout. Okita of the Teahouse represents a striking, original example of the surrealist art of C. David Thomas.
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