AIRSTRIP AT KWEILIN [GUILIN] 1943. Offset Lithographic PrintU.S. AAF [Army Air F.

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[San Francisco 1968, Little]. Large black and white, offset lithographic print, 39.5 x 29.5 cm., "NEW" unused condition, very bright, clean example. FIRST & ONLY RARE EDITION . *** **** *** . . . A STUNNING WORLD WAR 2 ARTIST'S EXAMPLE OF . . . THE KWEILIN [GUILIN] AIRFIELD, GUANGXI PROVINCE . . . DEPICTS A FOUR AMERICAN "FLYING TIGERS" AIRPLANES . . . . RETURNING TO BASE . * THE ARTIST -TOM LEA: 1907-2001: Lea was a Texas born artist who drew Texas cowboys, Mexican and American Indian subjects. He was unknown to the rest of the world. . In 1941, Lea was appointed by Life Magazine to be a war correspondent and artist. He was assigned go out into World War 2 among American military forces to paint and sketch dramatic scenes of the war. He visited many theaters of war in Europe and Asia from 1941-1945. His artistic works have been recognized as some of the most important and expressive examples of the brutality of war and the beauty of the places subject to Japanese and German dominance. His works have been displayed nationally. He is a celebrated United States Military artist. . While in China he sketched famous people: General Channel, Madame Chiang Kai-shek and her husband Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek [Jiang Jieshi], also many stunning views of China. . Lea went to China in late 1943, returning in early 1944. His suburb drawings have remained in his private collection unpublished until 1968. In that year he published a number of these historic and incredible examples. . Tom Lea traveled to Kunming, Guilin and Chongqing in October, 1943. In each place he sought out typical Chinese scenes that would depict the plight of the people. . His stunning drawing of war-torn China, its beleaguered people and their struggle to survive under Japanese bombing and domination. A superb record of Chinese history and posterity, during World War 2. . *** THE PRINT: Among the strange and wondrous karst mountains of Guilin shows the successful return of four "FLYING TIGERS" P-40 Tomahawk fighter airplanes. They are lined up for landing. . At the bottom of the print is the primitive dirt landing strip, which shows four Chinese coolies mending holes from the last Japanese raid. In the background are a few huts for the pilots. . DATED: The print is signed & dated in block by Tom Lea, November 10, 1943. . Executed in shades of black, gray and white, a fine example, published for the first time in 1968, to commemorate his World War 2 drawings and paintings while on journalist assignment to China in 1943. . *** NOTE: Color scans are posted to our website. . Please check our website for others by Tom Lea on World War II China, 1944. . *** Color photos are posted to our website *** REFERENCES: . For more on Tom Lea see Wikipedia and also Tom Lea dot com /the-artist/historical-photographs/the institute devoted to his works. . *. …

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AIRSTRIP AT KWEILIN [GUILIN] 1943. Offset Lithographic PrintU.S. AAF [Army Air F.
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LEA, Thomas C. III
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CHINA SOCIAL SCIENCE, FLYING TIGERS, WORLD WAR II

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