Description
In his Pavilion Park etchings, Philip Hanson gave free rein to his surreal architectural anthropomorphization. These forms, particularly the small freestanding obelisks, recall the sculptures of Chicago artist H. C. Westermann. Pavilion Park’s buildings are filled with boisterous, slightly menacing energy. The smooth white pavilion parapets and facades recall adobe Mission-Style buildings from the American West. Hiding behind the facades are mountainous congregations of pyramids emitting sparks of light. The energy and movement in Pavilion Park is electric, illuminating and bringing Hanson’s buildings to life.
Accession Number
195856
Medium
Etching, with hand-coloring in watercolor, on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image/plate: 27.8 × 21.4 cm (11 × 8 7/16 in.); Sheet: 35.5 × 28.2 cm (14 × 11 1/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Credit Line
Through prior bequest of Vera Berdich