Superb BARBARA VAN CLEVE Signed 1987 Photograph LISTED Charmain & Deede negotiate the Questa de la Candalaria Start Price USD 499.00 Current Price USD 499.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Saturday, August 30, 2008 End Time Saturday, September 06, 2008 Location Los Angeles See more about 'Superb BARBARA VAN CLEVE Signed 1987 Photograph LISTED' Description     Superb BARBARA VAN CLEVE Signed 1987 Photograph LISTED       Click to View Image Album This is a spectacular original signed photograph by well-listed photographer BARBARA VAN CLEVE (American, 20th Century), dated 1987.   Barbara Van Cleve earned an MA in English Literature at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois; she has been a Dean of Women at DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois; and she taught English Literature, and later photography, for over 25 winters at DePaul University, Loyola University and Mundelein College, all in the Chicago area. At the same time photography continued to be a passionate avocation. In her free time, she worked for Rand McNally as a textbook photographer and also established her own stock photography agency. The long summers were usually spent on the family ranch in Montana. She moved to Santa Fe in late 1980 to concentrate on photography full time and had her first major exhibition in the fall of 1985. Since that time she has had over 51 one-person shows and has been in nearly 75 group shows. Her work is in public and private collections in the United States as well as internationally. Her photography has been published in Roughstock Sonnets, (with poetry by Paul Zarzyski), Way Out West, and Cowboys: A Horseback Heritage. KOAT-TV, an ABC affiliate in Albuquerque, New Mexico produced and aired a thirty-minute video documentary, "Barbara Van Cleve: Capturing Grace", in 1993. In the Fall, 1995 her book, Hard Twist: Western Ranch Women was published by Museum of New Mexico Press, and she was inducted into the Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame in Fort Worth, Texas. All This Way for the Short Ride (with poet Paul Zarzyski) was published by the Museum of New Mexico Press in 1997. Her newest project is a book Holding the Reins written by Marc Talbert and illustrated with her photographs about ranch girls. It was published by Harper Collins in February 2003. She moved back to Big Timber, Montana, her home town, where she has her studio and is close to the family ranch.   This superb photograph is entitled “Charmain (and Deede) negotiate the Questa de la Candalaria”. It is signed in pencil by the photographer on the front lower right “Barbara P. Van Cleve” and dated “1987”. It is also tiled in pencil on the front lower left and stamped with the photographer’s studio and copyright stamp on the mat verso. It is in excellent condition, measures 9” x 13 ½” and is matted and framed for a total size of 19 ¼” x 23 ¼” (there is some wear to the frame). Authenticity is GUARANTEED. Please scroll down on the item description to view additional photographs. Winning bidder add $25.00 packing & shipping within the US, plus required insurance. Payment is due within 7 days. Please view my other auctions and ebay store for additional museum quality fine art and collectibles, including another important photograph by Barbara Van Cleve. Payment       I accept the following forms of payment: PayPal Money Order Personal Check Click to View Image Album Click to View Image Album Click to View Image Album Click to View Image Album     FREE scheduling, supersized images and templates. Get Vendio Sales Manager.    FREE scheduling, supersized images and templates. Get Vendio Sales Manager. Over 100,000,000 served. Get FREE counters from Vendio today! Place a Bid!