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Richard Hamilton FOR SALE, by popularfilms on May 20, 2021 6:55:24 GMT 1, He Foresaw His Pale Body, 1990
Etching, aquatint, and engraving in colors on paper
20 3/8 × 14 3/4 in
51.8 × 37.5 cm
Framed dimensions 33.25 X 26 Inches
Edition 1/120
In this homage to James Joyce’s Ulysses (1922), Hamilton visualizes Leopold Bloom’s body from above, placing the viewer in a position to identify with Bloom’s perspective. In an interior monologue from the book, Bloom anticipates his bath: “He foresaw his pale body reclining in it at full, naked, in a womb of warmth, oiled by scented melting soap, softly laved.” Hamilton based the print on a 1948 watercolor in which he had inverted the severely foreshortened view of Andrea Mantegna’s Dead Christ (ca. 1490; Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan), a masterpiece of the Italian Renaissance.
Hamilton is such a smart and provocative artist. I paid $2500 for this before he died. Asking $2750 obo.
Thanks,
Sean
He Foresaw His Pale Body, 1990
Etching, aquatint, and engraving in colors on paper
20 3/8 × 14 3/4 in
51.8 × 37.5 cm
Framed dimensions 33.25 X 26 Inches
Edition 1/120
In this homage to James Joyce’s Ulysses (1922), Hamilton visualizes Leopold Bloom’s body from above, placing the viewer in a position to identify with Bloom’s perspective. In an interior monologue from the book, Bloom anticipates his bath: “He foresaw his pale body reclining in it at full, naked, in a womb of warmth, oiled by scented melting soap, softly laved.” Hamilton based the print on a 1948 watercolor in which he had inverted the severely foreshortened view of Andrea Mantegna’s Dead Christ (ca. 1490; Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan), a masterpiece of the Italian Renaissance.
Hamilton is such a smart and provocative artist. I paid $2500 for this before he died. Asking $2750 obo.
Thanks,
Sean
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