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St. Anthony Pleasure Park

A work made of etching in black, hand-colored in watercolor, on off-white wove paper.
© Philip Hanson.

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  • A work made of etching in black, hand-colored in watercolor, on off-white wove paper.

Date:

July 1968

Artist:

Philip Hanson
American, born 1943

About this artwork

Hanson’s etching depicts a landscape of fantastic, monstrous structures and plant-like forms. Created when Hanson was fully engaged with printmaking, this work was likely inspired by Riverview, a now-defunct Chicago amusement park. In the image Hanson riffed on the graphic images often used by amusement parks to entice customers while referencing the story of Saint Anthony, an Egyptian monk who was said to have been visited by demons in the desert. The artist, who received an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1968, carefully hand-colored this etching, providing a luminous dimension.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Philip Hanson

Title

St. Anthony Pleasure Park

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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1968

Medium

Etching in black, hand-colored in watercolor, on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

Image/plate: 25 × 20 cm (9 7/8 × 7 7/8 in.); Sheet: 34.5 × 28.5 cm (13 5/8 × 11 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Through prior bequest of Vera Berdich

Reference Number

2008.533

Copyright

© Philip Hanson.

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