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(Chinese/American, 1910-2016) Summer Mountain Landscape, signed and with seal "Tyrus Wong", watercolor on paper, sight 28 x 10 in.; framed, 34-1/2 x 16 in. Provenance: Private Collection, Charlotte, North Carolina Note: Among the most prolific Asian-American artists of the 20th century, Tyrus Wong was a celebrated painter, calligrapher, and lithographer. After immigrating to the United States from China in his childhood and graduating from the Otis Art Institute, he went on to become a set designer and storyboard artist for Disney and Warner Brothers, serving as the lead production illustrator on Disney's 1942 film Bambi. He also worked as a greeting card illustrator and an avid kite designer and maker.