Portfolio of 5 Rare Prints of Quincy Tahoma Paintings [SOLD]

In 1972, F. H. Tutt, an art dealer from San Clemente, California, organized the printing of limited-numbered sets of five of Quincy Tahoma’s paintings that he had commissioned in 1952.  He packaged them in a hardback folio and included a page explaining the portfolio.

In 1973, Tuff described the edition as follows:

                …a Delux Portfolio of reproductions of the five paintings and a cover story in a beautiful silver and turquoise hard cover jacket…

The five paintings were the personal property of the Tuffs and had been displayed only in their home since they purchased them in 1952.  The five are:

The Last Jump, a warrior on a horse frightened by a skunk

A Sign of Spring, a stag standing on a rock protecting fawns sleeping underneath

Fighting Over Prey, a cougar and bear with a downed deer

Two Quincy Tahoma stallions with manes flying

— King of the Stallions

— The Runaway Stallion

The portfolio was issued in a limited edition of 1000 copies.  This pristine edition is #482 of 1000. 

Condition: prints and portfolio cover are in excellent condition with the exception of a slight nick at upper right corner of the portfolio

Reference and Recommended Reading:  Quincy Tahoma: The Life and Legacy of a Navajo Artist by Charnell Havens & Vera Marie Badertscher

Provenance: from a gentleman from Santa Fe