#31 • Byron Birdsall Watercolor of the Totem Bight Community House

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

High bid $1,100.00

Status: Sold

Category: Art: Alaskan Originals

An original watercolor by Alaska artist Byron Birdsall (1937-2016). The work depicts the community house or clan house as built by Native Alaskan craftsmen working for the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s and 1940s in the Totem Bight State Historical Park; the property is now on the National Register of Historic Places. Signed and dated c.1980 by the artist, lower right, and housed within a round mat. Framed, it measures approximately 20.5" x 20.5" overall.