three images on one sheet, with seams, forming continuous scene; head of a man with thinning hair right of center on central image with a flat landscape behind him with grasses; low horizon line, cream-colored sky; dark orange band with grey and black text and organic elements beneath each image; cream-colored frame

Copyright %C2%A9 2015 Leonardo Lasansky

Fragments of The Sublime, 2015

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Leonardo Lasansky has distinguished himself in the field of printmaking with his complex technique. Fragments of The Sublime, a triptych, is among his most ambitious and sophisticated to date. Printed from nine plates, the artist has employed a complex layering of techniques—engraving, drypoint, burnishing, sugar lift, roulette, remarque, etching, scraping, chine collé, and soft-ground etching, the latter executed with a boundless variety of materials—corn husk, raffia, silk, cotton, taffeta, shellac, and Dutch mordant acid. Both a self-portrait and a landscape, the work depicts the artist, world weary, gazing out at the spectator from a barren Middle Western landscape as open as the sea. The sitter is simultaneously an insider, a man who intimately knows the harsh beauty of the Iowa prairie, and an outsider, an artist who has traveled the world, spent his summers in Maine, and practices the printmaking techniques of the old masters. This work seeks to reconcile these separate identities.

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Title
Fragments of The Sublime
Artist Life
born 1946
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2015.97
Provenance
The artist, St. Paul
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three images on one sheet, with seams, forming continuous scene; head of a man with thinning hair right of center on central image with a flat landscape behind him with grasses; low horizon line, cream-colored sky; dark orange band with grey and black text and organic elements beneath each image; cream-colored frame

Copyright © 2015 Leonardo Lasansky