#23 • R.T. Wallen "Sixteen Tons" Stone Lithograph

Part of June 2024 Premier Auction (live auction by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals)

High bid $500.00

Status: Sold

Category: Art: Alaskan Multiples

A stone lithograph c.1984 by Alaska artist R.T. "Skip" Wallen (b.1942) entitled "Sixteen Tons." The work depicts a study of sixteen Alaska walruses in a close group. Before turning to art full time, Wallen was a Department of Fish and Game biologist, and in 1965 he was posted on Little Diomede Island as an observer during which time he accompanied the local hunters on walrus hunts in an oomiak (skin boat). Titled lower center, marked 135/175, dated, and hand signed in graphite lower right. Shrink-wrapped on board measuring approximately 20" x 23.5".