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"Alive" painting for Reader's Digest from 1974

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Title:	"Alive" painting for Reader's Digest from 1974
Artist:	None Specified
Media Type:	Mixed Media
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	2,394
Likes on CAF:	0 1
Comments:	3
Added to Site:	8/31/2010
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Description

This is the painting for Issue 34 from August of 1974 and its page #185 part 2 of the story called Alive. For those that don't know the story and or have not seen the movie that was made from this tragedy, this is taken from Wikipedia; "Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, also known as the Andes flight disaster, and in South America as Miracle in the Andes (El Milagro de los Andes) was a chartered flight carrying 45 people, including a rugby team and their friends and family and associates that crashed in the Andes on October 13, 1972. The last of the 16 survivors were rescued on December 23, 1972. More than a quarter of the passengers died in the crash, and several more quickly succumbed to cold and injury. Of the twenty-nine who were alive a few days after the accident, another eight were killed by an avalanche that swept over their shelter in the wreckage.
The survivors had little food and no source of heat in the harsh conditions, at over 3,600 metres (11,800 ft) altitude. Faced with starvation and radio news reports that the search for them had been abandoned, the survivors fed on the dead passengers who had been preserved in the snow. Rescuers did not learn of the survivors until 72 days after the crash when passengers Nando Parrado and Roberto Canessa, after a 12-day trek across the Andes, found a Chilean huaso, who gave them food and then alerted authorities about the existence of the other survivors."
Big thanks to George Hagenauer for a quick and easy deal and he has lots more great art if you click on over to his site. As for the artist on this piece, Still working on that part as Readers Digest had a lot of great artist working for them back then and again with the artist not getting the credit that they so richly deserved. I'm following up a lead from George on the possibility that it was Harry Schaare. Unfortunately after talking with his wife by phone, I found out that Harry passed away in 2008 but she told me to send her a picture of the art to her home and she would be able to tell me if it was his art. In the mean time, If anybody recognizes the art, please LMK. Thanks

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	Ken Z ( 1 )
Joined:	December 2006
Last Login:	June 2017
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Country:	UNITED STATES
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Rub�n DaCollector's Paperback Art
Member Since 2005

Posted on 9/1/2010

Sticking to my "Paperback & magazine covers only!" parameter in order to keep from going completely broke, is the main reason I don't already own this piece myself. Nice catch! I remember when the movie Alive! came out in the early 90's, I was so moved by the story which is incredible and unbelievable at the same time. I've since seen a couple of documentaries on the story which are heart wrenching but spectacular. Great piece of art to have for anyone familiar with this sad, but true story!

Matthew West
Member Since 2006

Posted on 9/3/2010

The haunting solitude of the landscape and the deep blue hues of the color palette are appropriately ominous and foreboding. A starkly beautiful addition to your collection, Ken.

Thomas Vanderstappen
Member Since 2005

Posted on 9/3/2010

Great piece !

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