70s De Grazia Flower Girl Beautiful Burden and 49 similar items

This sweet dark-haired girl is wearing a dress of blues holding bearing a basket of flowers in every color of the rainbow on an off-white painted pendant. Her face is glowingly flushed, she has black eyes, long straight hair. Oil painted by hand on a slice of faux elk horn made of resin and signed De Grazia at an angle. It hangs from a 27” soft, supple, sueded leather tether that has accents of plain round dark wood beads between the ten off-white plastic bird faux “fetish” beads. The pendant is approximately 2 5/8” x 2 5/8” and bears a sticker on the back reading: “Authorized by DeGrazia Gallery In The Sun, 6300 N. Swan, Tucson, Ariz.” Overall, it is in very good vintage condition. NOTE: This jewelry line was largely executed as a “cottage craft” where “crafters” painted, and assembled the line of jewelry intended for the tourist, casual collector of his art. This accounts for some variation of designs from 8-12 squash blossom necklaces; number of “birds” in faux fetish-style necklaces; how the tethers are attached to the central pendants; colors of the suede leather tether; closures – or not; earrings of different findings, etc. The artist is Ettore "Ted" De Grazia. DeGrazia was of Italian ancestry, arrived in Arizona before it became a state. He is known for his colorful images of Native American children of the American Southwest and other Western scenes. As with many talented artists, he painted, sculpted, composed, acted, directed, designed clothing, did architecture, jewelery, and lithographer… pretty sure those are only the tip of the iceberg, too! He was born in 1909 and died in 1982. BTW, 10% of every sale goes to World Vision to help improve the lives of impoverished communities. Tucson Artist, Flower Child, Artisan Crafted, Ted De Grazia, Artist Signed, Signed Marked, Wearable Art, 1960s 60s 1970s 70s, Floral Daisies, Hand Painted Faux Horn, Wooden Beads, Suede Leather Tether, AORH DeGrazia Beaut Bird Fetish