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Limited edition print signed and numbered by Fred Machetanz Edition size: 950 Image size: 19 1/4" x 24 1/2" Fred Machetanz was a prominent Alaskan painter and illustrator who specialized in depictions of Alaskan scenes, people and wildlife. He first came to the territory in 1935, when he traveled to Unalakeet to visit his uncle and spent 2 years developing a portfolio of Alaskan scenes. After leaving Alaska, he spent some time as an illustrator in New York, but longed to return to Alaska. He returned in 1942 after volunteering with the US Navy and requesting a posting to the Aleutian Islands during World War II. After the war, he trained for a short time at the Art Students League in New York, studying lithography and then returned to Alaska in 1946. Machetanz married Sara Dunn, a writer, in 1947, and the two settled near Palmer, Alaska, in 1951. They published several books together and collaborated on films for Walt Disney, the Territory of Alaska, and Encyclopedia Britannica. They a