#70 • Fred Machetanz "Glow of the Lamp" Lithograph

Part of June 2023 Premier Auction (live auction by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals)

High bid $1,825.00

Status: Sold

Category: Art: Alaskan Multiples

A stone lithograph c.1975 by the great late Alaskan artist, Fred Machetanz (1908-2002) entitled 'Glow of the Lamp'. The work depicts an Eskimo woman working the reindeer moss wick of an 84-pound stone seal oil lamp with a stone piece; her goal is to keep the lamp from smoking as additional seal blubber melts and flows into the bowl. The work is marked 61/100, hand signed lower right, and matted within a wooden frame; information about the work is affixed en verso. Measures approximately 22" x 26" overall.