Ettorino "Ted" DeGrazia became "the world's most reproduced artist" when UNICEF acquired permission to use prints of his most famous painting, Los Niños, for an advertising card in 1960. DeGrazia had been laboring in the art field for decades, learning under such famous luminaries as Diego Garcia (with whom he designed and painted several murals), but after the release of the UNICEF cards, his popularity skyrocketed, and throughout the sixties and seventies, reproduction prints of DeGrazia's work, in particular his depictions of indigenous and Mexican children, could be found in more homes than shag carpet or olive green wallpaper. Even if the name isn't familiar to you, on seeing DeGrazia's work, there is a good chance that you will be reminded of an image from the wall of your grandmother's house when you were young in the seventies. 

Many of DeGrazia's popular reproductions were lithographed onto wood blocks and sold as wall hangings. For sale here is one such block print, a reproduction of Bell of Hope, a DeGrazia painting depicting an indigenous girl ringing a bell while fireworks burst above her head. The print is in DeGrazia's signature colorful impressionist style. It's a gorgeous little painting, a wonderful piece of nostalgia for anyone who lived through the 1960s or 1970s in America.