Head-Pavilion III

Description

Philip Hanson’s Head Pavilion studies are visible tangents from his Veiled Head (1967) etchings. In these works, he essentially built an architectural body, complete with windows for eyes, rather than simply focusing on the head. Hanson placed a portrait of a small, veiled figure inside the pavilion, revealing an interior that reflects the spectacle of the exterior. Head Pavilion III is a playful contraption: an amusementpark fun house on the brink of mechanical collapse.

Head-Pavilion III

Philip Hanson

Summer 1968

Accession Number

195863

Medium

Etching, hand-colored with watercolor, on ivory wove paper

Dimensions

Image/plate: 20 × 14.4 cm (7 7/8 × 5 11/16 in.); Sheet: 28.8 × 24.3 cm (11 3/8 × 9 5/8 in.)

Classification

etching

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Through prior bequest of Vera Berdich