Original Signed Print: 1st Ave Cafe [First Avenue Cafe] by Art Hansen

HANSEN, Art

Verlag: [Art Hansen], 1972

Original signed print titled "1st Ave Cafe" matted and framed under glass. Exposed print measures 10 x 10 inches. Frame measures 17 x 17 inches. Printed on cream stock. Framed with acid-free mat board and black wood frame. Two light scratches to moulding. Title in pencil beneath image, along with the artist's signature ("Hansen"), year ("'72"). Hand-numbered 92 of an edition limited to 250. Hansen's rich depiction of a downtown Skid Road cafe counter, executed when Seattle's First Avenue was a gritty, rough-hewed strip littered with pawn shops, strip joints and dark bars, all populated by merchant marine, out-of-work loggers, stew-bums and other societal outcasts. The James Caan vehicle Cinderella Liberty, filmed there in 1973, captures the essence of the mildewed milieu. We'd like to think the diner was the York Lunch diner, extant in the early 1980s and one of the last standing. An ability to convey a multitude of thoughts through spare imagery brought Art Hansen national recognition. One of several prominent artists nurtured by Ballard High School art teacher Orre Nobles, Hansen was awarded a one-man show at the Seattle Art Museum the year he graduated from the University of Washington. He then earned an MFA from the University of Minnesota; his work is featured in collections at the Smithsonian, the New York Public Library, the Library of Congress, the Seattle Art Museum, and others. Born on Vashon Island, near Seattle, Hansen lived his last 50 years there. He passed away in 2017. . Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 6680

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Original Signed Print: 1st Ave Cafe [First ...
Verlag: [Art Hansen]
Erscheinungsdatum: 1972
Einband: Framed Under Glass
Illustrator: Art Hansen
Zustand: Print: Fine
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Frame: Near Fine
Signiert: Signatur des Verfassers
Auflage: Limited Edition.