#24 • Jon Van Zyle "The Days Beginning" Original Painting

Part of June 2025 Premier Auction (live auction by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals)

High bid $1,500.00

Status: Sold

Category: Art

An original acrylic painting on masonite, c.1980, by Alaska artist Jon Van Zyle (b.1942), a lifelong painter who, in 2025 celebrated his forty-ninth, and final, year as the Official Artist of the Iditarod. This piece, entitled "The Day's Beginning," is an early acrylic on board featuring an early dawn scene, dramatically spotlighting a towering mountain with its great snow mass. The jagged peak is shown under a simultaneous lighting effect from both sun and moon, an eerie condition often experienced in Alaska. Signed and dated lower right by the artist, the piece is further titled, signed, and dated in the artist’s hand en verso, with note reserving all reproduction rights as held by the artist. Housed within the original frame measuring approximately 19.5" x 31.5" overall and sight view of 12" x 23.5".