Wallpaper Collage with Cardboard Washers - William 'Burro' Schmidt Cabin - Last Chance Canyon, CA - Limited Edition 2 of 20 Photograph

First printed: 2015

 For thirty-three years, William “Burro” Schmidt toiled in Last Chance Canyon, single-handedly cutting a half-mile tunnel through solid granite. Alone at night, by the light of a single 2¢ candle, he created a giant, floor-to-ceiling collage of matchboxes, magazine photos and commercial product labels. The images were carefully secured to the wall with small nails and hand-fashioned cardboard washers. Burro Schmidt apparently believed that a shortcut was required to efficiently recover his gold strike. When a new road made his efforts completely unnecessary, he steadfastly continued the project through its completion two decades later. There is no evidence that Schmidt ever recovered any significant gold, but his infamous "tunnel to nowhere" stands as testament to his stubborn tenacity. Meanwhile, the tiny one-room cabin is left vacant to succumb to the harsh desert elements. This image has been exhibited/featured in the following venues: Curate This - The Gabba Gallery - Los Angeles, CA - 2016
Magic and Realism: Photographs by Osceola Refetoff & Bill Leigh Brewer Curated by Shana Nys Dambrot - Chungking Studio - 2015
 KCET Artbound - High & Dry - William Burro Schmidt and His Tunnel to Nowhere - June 12, 2014 kcet.org/arts/artbound/counties/kern/william-burro-schmidt-his-tunnel-to-nowhere.html Each print is titled, signed, dated and numbered on verso. There is an approximately 3" white border around the image area. Prints are manufactured in-house at Chungking Studio in Los Angeles Chinatown. Papers include Hahnemuhle Fine Art Museum Etching, Museo Silver Rag, and Moab Entrada Rag, and are selected based on exhaustive tests to determine which material best suits the interpretation of each individual image. These museum-quality, 290-350 GSM-weight papers are exceptionally robust and render outstanding detail. After a successful print is inspected and approved, a protective seal is applied using a three-step process that increases moisture, dirt, fingerprint, and UV resistance; extending the already significant color-fastness of modern archival inks approximately 3x the length of untreated prints. Note: Image area is approximately 18x18" on 24x30" paper. Each print is accompanied by a signed Certificate of Authenticity.

Photography:Color on Paper

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:24 W x 30 H x 0.1 D in

Delivery Time:Typically 5-7 business days for domestic shipments, 10-14 business days for international shipments.