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I WAS FIRST INTRODUCED TO THE WORK OF DANIEL IN 1971 AT WHICH TIME I ACQUIRED THREE OF HIS PAINTINGS. BETWEEN 1971 AND 1983 I ACQUIRED 15 OR MORE ADDITIONAL DANIEL PAINTINGS. ALSO IN 1983, I AGREED TO ESTABLISH THE ART FIRM OF OBIARTS IN ORDER TO PRODUCE A PORTFOLIO OF SIX SIGNED ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS FOR THE 1984 LOS ANGELES OLYMPICS. HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROJECT, THE PRODUCTION WAS NOT COMPLETED UNTIL 1985.

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DANIEL'S PAINTINGS, COLORS AND DETAILED TRANSITIONS WERE SO COMPLEX THAT PRIOR TO COMPUTERIZED COLOR WORK, NO LITHOGRAPHIC COMPANY COULD REPRODUCE HIS WORK WITH FIDELITY. THE FIRST SUCCESS OCCURRED WITH THE RECRUITMENT OF THE RETIRED MASTER BRITISH LITHOGRAPHER RONALD WILSON.

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HE IN TURN ENGAGED THE SERVICES OF HIS HIGHLY SKILLED FRIENDS, STILL ENGAGED IN HAND SEPARATION COLOUR TECHNIQUES, AT STUDIO 82 OF HULL, HUMBERSIDE. THE FOURTH PIECE OF THIS SERENDIPITOUS PUZZLE FELL INTO PLACE WITH RENOIR OF LONDON JOINING OUR TEAM. RENOIR WAS ONE OF THE FEW COMPANIES STILL PRACTICING SHEET-FED LITHOGRAPHY IN THE 1980'S. WORKING WITH CLOSE COLLABORATION AND INTENSITY, WE WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT IN TWO YEARS WITH THE PRODUCTION OF 36 SETS OF ARTISTS PROOFS AND 295 SETS OF LITHOGRAPHS. THESE WERE CONTAINED IN A LARGE ENGLISH LINEN CLAD PORTFOLIO ALONG WITH 18 ADDITIONAL SUPPORTING PAGES COMPLETED WITH GOLD LEAFING AND HAND EXECUTED CALLIGRAPHY TEXT. UPON COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT, THE ORIGINAL PLATES WERE DESTROYED AS WITNESSED BY AN INDEPENDENT BARRISTER. IT WAS TRULY AN EXQUISITE AND RARE PRODUCTION WHICH WAS COSTLY AT THE TIME AND PERHAPS NOT ACHIEVABLE IN TODAY'S WORLD.

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SINCE “OLYMPIANS, GODS AND HEROES” SUITE OF LITHOGRAPHS, EMBELLISHED WITH ALL OF THE DRAMA OF THE GREEK DEITY AND OLYMPIANS, WAS NOT COMPLETED IN TIME FOR THE LA OLYMPICS, OBIARTS™ DECIDED TO PROMOTE THE PROJECT IN NEW YORK. OBIARTS WAS EXTRAORDINARILY SUCCESSFUL WITH THE 1986 PREMIER AMERICAN PRESENTATION OF DANIEL AT THE WESTBURY HOTEL ON 69TH AND MADISON. IN ATTENDANCE WERE LORD AND LADY CHURCHILL, DONALD AND IVANA TRUMP, ESTEE LAUDER, GLADYS NEDERLANDER, AMBASSADOR GUILLFORD DUDLEY AND NUMEROUS OTHER DIGNITARIES ATTENDED THE EVENT. AFTER THE NEW YORK OPENING, DANIEL PASSED AWAY IN 1988 BUT DR. LEWIS OBI AND OBIARTS HAS CONTINUED WITH THEIR ACTIVE SUPPORT OF THE ARTIST.

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THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY ONE HUNDRED REMAINING SETS OF THE ORIGINAL 295 PORTFOLIOS STILL AVAILABLE TO COLLECTORS. ALSO INDIVIDUAL SIGNED LITHOGRAPHS ARE AVAILABLE. IMAGES OF THE ORIGINAL SIX PAINTINGS FOR THE LITHOGRAPHS ARE DISPLAYED AS WELL AS THE LITHOS AND ACCOMPANYING PORTFOLIO PAGES. INTERESTED COLLECTORS MAY OBTAIN ORDERING DETAILS FROM OUR CONTACT PAGE.

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IMPORTANT NOTICE FROM OBIARTS INC: OBIARTS AND LEWIS J. OBI MD OWN THE EXCLUSIVE INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT OF ALL 100 OF DANIEL SAMUELS PAINTINGS AS WELL AS COPYRIGHT TO ALL PHOTOGRAPHS AND LITHOGRAPHS OF ANY AND ALL OF DANIEL'S IMAGES.

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