Included in this lot is an original signed Carl Tolpo oil painting from 1962. Carl Tolpo was born in Ludington, Michigan in 1901. During the course of his career, he established his reputation as a portrait, genre, and landscape painter, as well as a portrait and figure sculptor. As a painter, his works in fine oil portraiture particularly include state portraits and landscape oil paintings of the western USA, mostly the Yellowstone Park region. His works are on display in the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. This piece was done on site and shows a large mountain range in the background with hills of trees in the forefront and a large rock with some small trees. This piece is signed in the top left corner with the title being smudged; it is signed "1-3 PM, Aug 10-62. Carl Tolpo". This piece is in good condition and measures 18" by 14".