Chuck Ripper (American, B. 1929) "New Zealand Aquatic Animals - Shark" Signed lower right. Original Gouache/Watercolor painting on Masonite. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting was originally published on the Fleetwood Mint Stamp of the World Panel for 1993 New Zealand stamps. New Zealand, a country of immense physical beauty, boasts magnificent snow-clad mountain ranges, reflective fjords and lakes, lush forests and fertile pastures. Blessed with rainfall sufficient to sustain most types of agriculture as well as substantial sheep and dairy production, the pearl of the South Pacific is also surrounded by waters teeming with a wide array of food fish. Off New Zealand's coasts, seafood delicacies such as oysters, rock lobsters and greenshell mussels have become the nation's fourth largest export. Image Size: 20.5 x 16.25 in. Overall Size: 23.25 x 18.75 in. Unframed. (B14654)