America The Beautiful Art Prints, Artist Signed In Portfolio & Biography Book

Preowned and in very good to excellent condition. Some prints have a slight wave from being stored, but are in excellent shape. Mats are in excellent condition. Enclosed paper sheets are a bit dog-eared from being stored & portfolio show signs of wear from storage.

Set includes 8 fine art prints in paper portfolios, 8 fine art mats in a very sturdy cardboard case & artist biography books in their own case. Prints are in their original sleeves waiting to be matted with the included matts.

These prints are large, measuring approximately 22" x 30" and are gallery quality prints. Outside mat dimensions are approximately 32" x 24" Prints are housed in a sturdy portfolio that measures approximately 34" x 25 ". The portfolio has a two snap closures.

Also included is the small portfolio of individual booklets, one for each artist. One Velcro closure has been torn, but the other is very good. The booklets measure 8” x 8”.

These hand-signed fine art gravure prints of American landscape scenes were issued by The Franklin Mint in 1974. The collection is called "America the Beautiful" and the words of the hymn "America the Beautiful" inspired this collection by distinguished American landscape artists.

Each print is individually signed by the artist, embossed with the Franklin mint logo and are separately stored in a sleeve with an acid free glassine sheet for protection. Each print pairs with its off-white mat with the title of the print embossed in gold (see close up photo).

The titles and artists of these prints are listed below: "O Beautiful for Spacious Skies" by Wilson Hurley "For Amber Waves of Grain" by Ray Hosford "For Purple Mountain Majesties" by Hall Diteman "Above the Fruited Plain" by John Chumley "America! America!" by James Fetherolf "God Shed His Grace on Thee" by Dean Fausett "And Crown Thy Good with Brotherhood" by Robert Sticker "From Sea to Shining Sea" by Alex Dzigurski.

Please see photos as they are part of the description.

Items may be shipped separately. Signature may be required.