Don Balke (B. 1933) "Bighorn Sheep"

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Session I - Fine Art and Antiques

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Oct 2, 2022

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  Don Balke (North Carolina, B. 1933) "Bighorn Sheep and Short-leaf Pinon" Signed lower right. Original Watercolor painting on Paper.
  
  Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation.
  
  This art was originally published in the limited edition collection of philatelic proofcards issued by Fleetwood and the National Audubon Society for the Wildlife of the 50 States.
  
  High on the stony heights of Nevada's windswept mountains, Desert Bishorns display their skill in the world's highest and most desolate landscape. With their four-chambered stomachs, these mountaineering mammals survive on the shrubs and grasses that grow in cracks and crevices and, superbly adapted to the western desert, scarely touch water. Sure-footed and agile, their buff-colored coats of hair, similar to those of deer, blend perfectly with the desert country. Because they are shy, they are seen only for a moment before they vanish behind the jagged peaks. Here in the high mountains where few men ever go, Desert Bighorns band together to raise their families. The lambs are born in the spring. Immediately after they have come into the world, the alert mothers lick them clean and then blow on them until dry to prevent blowflies from laying their eggs in their coats. In just a few days mothers lead their lambs back to the herds, urging them to jump from rock to rock. In just two or three weeks, the young lambs are as adept at rock climbing as their parents. In these pinnacles of nature, Desert Bighorns are relatively safe from most predators, except the big-game hunters who prize their massive curved horns. This artwork portrays these adaptable wild sheep roaming among the highest reaches of Nevada's mountains, far about the Short Leaf Pinons that represent the state tree.
  
  Image Size: 11.75 x 14.25 in.
  Overall Size: 20.25 x 24.25 in.
  Unframed.
  (B06180)

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