This serigraph is a signed limited edition of 200 by renowned artist Clarence Holbrook Carter (1904-1998). It was appraised in April 2006 by Thomas J. Collins, certified appraiser at The Gallery, at a market price of $1,300. "The Ninth Hour" was hand screened by Alexander Heinrici under the personal supervision of the artist. It is hand signed, dated 1978, and numbered in pencil by Clarence Carter. The serigraph is 179/200, 36 x 24 in. and is in mint condition.

The artist, Clarence Holbrook Carter, was born in Portsmouth, Ohio, and decided to pursue art by the age of six. By age 26, he had graduated from The Cleveland Institute of Art, traveled extensively through Europe, studied at Hans Hoffman Summer School in Capri and exhibited in Carnegie International, and other international watercolor exhibitions. Through the next four decades, Carter's works had been labeled surrealism, Magic Realism, geometric abstraction, pop and op, but no category could capture his style completely. Carter painted murals on a number of buildings. He also taught, lectured and judged at such notable schools as The Minneapolis School of Art, Ohio University, Lafayette College, Iowa State and his alma mater.