David Everett (B.1950) Color Woodcut 'Nightfall'

Lot description

Framed color woodcut on paper, "Nightfall" (opossum), signed lower right D. Everett (David Everett, American, active in Texas, b.1950), dated 2002, numbered 3/ 20, sight: approx 6.75"h, 9.5"w, overall: 14.75"h, 17.25"w, 3.75lbs Literature: "Another World: The Art of David Everett," edited by Becky Duval Reese, Texas A&M University Press, College Station, 2021 Provenance: From the estate of Connie Todd (Constance Clare Todd, Austin, Texas, 1941-2024). For many years, Connie Todd was the personal assistant to prominent Austin-based book publisher, photographer, and author Bill Wittliff (William Dale Wittliff, American, active in Austin, Texas, 1940-2019). Bill Wittliff wrote celebrated screenplays such as "Lonesome Dove" (1982), "Legends of the Fall" (1994), and "Barbarosa" (2000), and founded the regionally-oriented publishing company, Encino Press, with his wife Sally in 1963. Connie Todd later served as the founding director of the Wittliff Collections at Texas State University from 1997-2010, transforming it into an internationally-acclaimed collection through noteworthy acquisitions such as the Cormac McCarthy archive. After retiring from Texas State, Connie Todd spent time traveling the world with friends and family.