DAVID ARMSTRONG'S 1997 "CLAYTON HOLT" SIGNED IN PENCIL

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DAVID ARMSTRONG (1947-1998) PAINTED WHAT WAS TO BECOME "CLAYTON HOLT" AS A WATERCOLOR IN 1996. PRINTED IN 1997 BY NORTH MOUNTAIN PRESS, THAT'S THE PRESS RELEASE I'VE PHOTOGRAPHED FROM THAT SUMMER. 'S THE STORY - "DAVID ARMSTRONG CAME ACROSS A 45 YEAR-YEAR-OLD WEATD BOAT ON THE MAINE SHORELINE THREE SUMMERS AGO, AND USED IT IN A WATERCOLOR PAINTING SOON TAFTER. ARMSTRONG, A GRADUATE OF BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY IN LEWISBURG, DISCOVERED THE BUILDER OF THE BOAT HAD ETCHED "C. HOLT, 1949" INSIDE THE CRAFT. THREE YEARS AFTER BUYING THE BOAT FROM A MAN NAMED MICHAEL, ARMSTRONG MET 80-YEAR-OLD BUILDER CLAYTON HOLT, FOR WHOM HIS LIMITED EDITION PRINT IS TITLED." THE PRINT MEASURES A BIG 26 BY 19 1/2 INCHES, IS NUMBERED 1063/1475 AND SIGNED IN PENCIL BY DAVID, AND RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL ENVELOPE AS CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY. CONDITION IS MINT.