Description: AFRICAN LIONS, BY DINO PARAVANO, 1988, HAND-SIGNED AND NUMBERED LIMITED EDITION #429/950, 27 x 19", WITH A 24-1/2 x 15-3/4" IMAGE AREA, PHOTO LITHOGRAPHIC PRINT, IN PRISTINE MINT CONDITION, BEAUTIFULLY REPRODUCED ON A HEAVY, TEXTURED, PRISTINE IVORY WHITE WATERCOLOR PAPER, DIRECTLY FROM THE PASTEL PAINTING.SIGNED IN THE PAINTING IN THE LOWER LEFT, AND HAND-SIGNED AND NUMBERED IN THE LOWER RIGHT.PLATE TWO OF FIVE PRINTS MADE FROM INCREDIBLY DETAILED PASTEL PAINTINGS HE DID IN 1986 FOR THE HOWARD SWAN "MALAMALA, THE BIG FIVE" PORTFOLIO, COMMISSIONED BY THE MALAMALA GAME RESERVE AND THE CARLTON HOTEL IN 1988.PICTURES OF THE PORTFOLIO COVER AND DETAILS GIVEN ON THE BACK ARE SHOWN HERE FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT. THE OTHER FOUR PRINTS, AND TWO OF THE COMPLETE PORTFOLIOS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FOR SALE IN OTHER LISTINGS. PLEASE HAVE A LOOK. NOTE: IF ONE BUYER WERE TO PURCHASE ALL FIVE (5) OF THESE PRINTS AT ONE TIME SO I COULD SHIP ALL FIVE TOGETHER, I'D BE HAPPY TO GIVE AN EXTRA 10% DISCOUNT, AND THROW IN THE PORTFOLIO FOLDER (WHICH HAS BEEN TORN A BIT, BUT HAS BEEN REPAIRED). PART OF THE HOWARD SWAN SERIES OF WILDLIFE PRINTS, MANY OTHERS OF WHICH WE CARRY. WE ALSO CARRY OTHER WILDLIFE, BIBLICAL, NAUTICAL, FINE ART, PINUP, FANTASY, AND WESTERN LIMITED EDITION PRINTS AND POSTERS FROM MANY, MANY OTHER PUBLISHERS.Purchased new from the publisher in the late 1980s at wholesale, along with several others, never framed or displayed, and stored in our darkened, temperature controlled warehouse since, the prints are still in PRISTINE MINT condition, with their original creamy, ivory colored textured watercolor paper, and with Bright, Lustrous, completely UN-faded colors.Please excuse the glare from the lighting in the upper left of some of the pictures, making the rest of the prints a bit darker as well. NOTE: OUR PRINTS, WHILE MAYBE PRICED A BIT HIGHER, HAVE NEVER BEEN FRAMED OR EXPOSED TO LIGHT, HAVING BEEN STORED IN OUR DARKENED WAREHOUSE THE ENTIRE TIME-- NEARLY FOUR (4) DECADES-- SO, UNLIKE PRINTS OFFERED BY OTHERS, OURS ARE PRISTINE NEW, NEVER FRAMED OR DISPLAYED, IN NEARLY PERFECT MINT CONDITION AND TOTALLY UN-FADED ! JUST LOOK AT THE COLORS IN OUR PHOTOS, AND COMPARE WITH THE COMPETITION! We have been in the business for over fifty (50) years-- and over forty (40) in the same Lansing, Michigan location-- with a sterling reputation of honesty, integrity, and customer service. Please feel free to check us out under our original, ongoing, business name: FAIRFAX PRINTS LTD. (don't forget the "Ltd" if searching). We also carry limited and open edition prints, and sculpture, by Frank Frazetta, David Shepherd, Paul Calle, Frank McCarthy, John Clymer, Bev Dolittle, Bob McGinnis, Richard Luce, Tom Lovell, James Bama, Don Crowley, Roger Cooke, Robert Summers, Jeff Barson, Louis Icart, Karl Bang, James Gurney, Frederick Hart, Louis Paul Jonas, Salvador Dali, H. R. Giger, Antoine Louis Barye, Norman Lindsay, Alan Hunt, Charles Frace, Guy Coheleach, Peter Parnall, Alan Shepard, Simon Combes, Ron Frederick, Stephen Lyman, John Schoenherr, Mort Solberg, John Seerey-Lester, John Pitre and many others. PLEASE NOTE: Although new to eBay, Fairfax Collectables has been in business for over fifty (50) years in the collectible market-- both Retail and Wholesale. As Fairfax Prints and Fairfax Animation, we also deal in fantasy art prints and posters, and expensive Animation Art-- which we auction in all the major auction houses: Sothebys, Christies, Heritage, RR, and Bonhams. Please feel free to contact them to verify our honesty, veracity and longevity, and assure yourself of our prompt and impeccable service.Please also check out our wide assortment of other figurines and merchandise in our eBay webstore-- also the last, or nearly the last of their type we have available. We only have one, and occasionally two, examples of each of the figures we offer.
Price: 199.95 USD
Location: Lansing, Michigan
End Time: 2025-02-06T20:34:56.000Z
Shipping Cost: 0 USD
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Item Specifics
Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Size: Medium
Region of Origin: SOUTH AFRICA
Handmade: No
Artist: DINO PARAVANO
Production Technique: Offset Lithograph
Framing: Unframed
Country/Region of Manufacture: South Africa
Custom Bundle: No
Style: Realism
Item Height: 19 in
Item Width: 27 in
Material: OFFSET LITHOGRAPH, TEXTURED WATERCOLOR PAPER, Paper
Theme: WILDLIFE, ELEPHANT, AFRICAN WILDLIFE, THE BIG FIVE GAME ANIMALS, LIONS, AFRICAN LIONS, PANTHERA LEO
Time Period Produced: 1980-1989
Personalize: No
Type: Print
Title: THE BIG FIVE
Features: Signed, HAND-SIGNED AND NUMBERED #429/950, Limited Edition
Image Orientation: Landscape
Subject: WILDLIFE, AFRICAN WILDLIFE, THE BIG FIVE GAME ANIMALS, LIONS, PANTHERA LEO, AFRICAN LIONS
Certificate of Authenticity (COA): Yes
Signed: Yes
Signed By: DINO PARAVANO
Original/Licensed Reprint: Limited Edition Print
Year of Production: 1988
COA Issued By: COPY OF ORIGINAL HOWARD SWAN PURCHASE RECEIPT
Unit of Sale: Single Piece
Width (Inches): 24.5
Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
Height (Inches): 15.75
Print Surface: Paper
Date of Creation: 1988
Color: Multi-Color
WITH COPY OF ORIGINAL WHOLESALE RECEIPT: PURCHASED ON BUSINESS TRIP TO RSA IN 1988