James Hansen

"Untitled II", Abstract Aquatint Color Etching Lithograph, Signed and Numbered

1991

"Travelers" is a work that displays Richard Jacobs early Balinese influence. This abstract work made with drypoint etching manifests a layer of depth and contrast that is achieved through an Indonesian technique of drawing the lines of the resist or printing it with a copper stamp that allows an artisan to selectively color the work through the soaking process. "Travelers" is exemplary of this earlier aquatint process before Jacobs would go on to apply a diversity of colors to his work. The print is 39 x 29 inches and is signed and numbered from an edition of 30 by the artist. Numbered edition may not necessarily be number 16 as there are multiple prints in the possession of Collected Detroit...

ONE WEEK ONLY SALE AT 40% "Untitled III" is a work that displays James Hansen's intense colors and shapes of his abstract and surrealist style. This print made with etching and aquatints with hand-coloring on Arches paper pops with the illusion of three dimensions set against a muted background of esoteric shapes and symbols. The print is 32-3/4 x 25-3/4 inches and is signed and numbered from an edition of 30 by the artist. Numbered edition may not necessarily be number 20 as there are multiple prints in the possession of Collected Detroit. James Hansen was born in 1951 in New Haven, Connecticut and spent most of his artistic career in Provincetown, Massachusetts where he befriended and worked with Paul Bowen...

Portfolio with complete text, 5 drypoint prints with etching and aquatint and numerous illustrations on Rives BFK. The sheets are loose as issued and in superb condition. One from a ...

Two whaling ships meet out at sea, one named after an Indigenous American tribe and the other after the first king of the northern Kingdom of Israel, the latter set upon by a malignant epidemic and a sailor gone mad with the belief that he is the Archangel Gabriel. Both ships are plagued, one by sickness and the other by obsession, and neither heeds the warnings of the mad prophet. Built out in layers of paper that have been printed using techniques like lithography and etching, this colossal print by Frank Stella employs careful color against warping black and white grids to give the impression of control slowly slipping and giving way to chaos. Photos don't give this piece proper justice; it is carefully collaged in purposeful layers that constantly pull the eye in every direction and the viewer closer and closer in. The Pequod Meets the Jeroboam: Her Story...