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1970's Large Jack White Echruseos Texas First Calvary soldier on horse special<br>order piece. Presentation plaque at base. Near mint frame, no issues with<br>artwork. Please excuse the bad cellphone pics, it's great. It's just big and I'm<br>in a hurry. These look great in person but are one of the most difficult things<br>to photograph especially if they are large. I have a lot of experience shipping<br>these with no issues. 18" x 24" image 25.5" x 32" frame.<br><br>Here's a letter below from Jack White before he passed away in 2016.<br><br><br>Dear Interested Collector,<br><br>Due to the volume of requests and emails that I have received about my Echruseos<br>(gold leaf) art I felt compelled to add a button to my Website. I know how<br>frustrating it must be to you who are seeking to establish a value on the<br>Echruseos art.<br><br>I invented the process of putting small sheets of gold leaf on the reverse side<br>of glass in 1970. I coined the name for my new technique. I took a Greek lexicon<br>and invented a word to go with my art technique. Ek means 'out of'. Crus is<br>'gold'. Ous means 'having been done.' So literally the word Echruseos means,<br>'Out of gold having been done.' It is pronounced Ek-Cru-sos.<br><br>During the next eight years I sold several million dollars’ worth of my "gold<br>leaf" art all over the world. Many of the early pieces were sold for next to<br>nothing. As my popularity grew so did the retail prices of the gold leaf. In<br>1977 and 1978 I was selling the Echruseos for a significant amount. Some<br>commissioned works were selling in excess of $20,000.<br><br>Since the advent of the Internet and the appearance of eBay attention has<br>resurfaced about my career and the gold leaf work. I heard of a man buying a<br>11"x14" at a garage sale for $35. A couple discovered one of my gold leaf pieces<br>in a wrecked house. It was among the rubble. I have also seen one 30"x40" sell<br>for $25,000. Many are priced anywhere between $500 and $25,000. This is a huge<br>chasm in pricing. What this means is many people own the Echruseos and are not<br>aware of what they have. You have all heard stories of someone finding a Norman<br>Rockwell stuck in an attic, covered with dust. Once cleaned up they realized<br>they have a very valuable piece of art.<br><br>Since I stopped producing my Echruseos art in 1978 and several have broken due<br>to mishandling, the supply is shrinking. My Echruseos art is in eleven museums<br>and in my humble opinion one day will be a coveted collector item. I may well be<br>dead before the art reaches it zenith; nevertheless I am fully convinced that<br>this technique will be recognized as a rare collector item. Only time will<br>validate my claims or prove me wrong.<br><br>My sincere advice to you and your heirs is to hold on to the art, make sure it<br>is secure and insure it for a considerable sum. It is with confidence that I say<br>my epic historical novel on Texas, “Ten Years in Texas”, will be a successful<br>published book. With the book my name will resurface in the art world. When that<br>happens the true collectors will begin to surface. Be aware you own an extremely<br>rare piece of art. Once the technique is exposed to the Christies and Sothebys<br>in the world of art collectors you can expect the Echruseos to explode and reach<br>a six figure plateau.”<br><br>Jack White<br>2007
