Dennis Corrigan

Nathaniel Hawthorne Posing with a Formally Dressed Gopher (Military Commander)

Dennis Corrigan's original etching and aquatint, Nathaniel Hawthorne Posing with a Formally Dressed Gopher depicts a portrait of a military commander in full uniform with a well dressed gopher seated on his lap. It is printed upon fine archival paper and with full, deckled margins as published in an edition of 250 impressions by the 'Associated American Artists' around 1978. This impression is signed and numbered, by the artist in pencil along the lower margin. This work of art contains the admirable surreal and satiric elements typical in the etched art created by the American artist, Dennis Corrigan. Note: The Brooklyn Museum, lists an impression of Corrigan’s etching, Nathaniel Hawthorne Posing With a Formally dressed Gopher in its permanent collection

Untitled (Military Commander)

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Dennis Corrigan (Born, 1944 - Resides, Wayne County, Pennsylvania)
#	Image	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	Notes	-
01-		Brahms Amusing Himself by Dennis Corrigan	Original Etching	1983	Signed, titled and numbered, '117/250' by Dennis Corrigan in pencil, published by the Associated American Artists, New York.
02.-		Nathaniel Hawthorne Posing with a Formally Dressed Gopher (Military Commander) by Dennis Corrigan	Original Etching and Aquatint	c. 1978	Signed and numbered, '9/250' by Dennis Corrigan in pencil, published by the Associated American Artists, New York.	Sold

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Title:	Nathaniel Hawthorne Posing with a Formally Dressed Gopher (Military Commander)
Artist:	Corrigan, Dennis (Born, 1944 - Resides, Wayne County, Pennsylvania)
Date:	c. 1978
Medium:	Original Etching and Aquatint
Publisher:	Associated American Artists, New York
Edition:	Limited edition of two hundred and fifty impressions, numbered 9/250.
Note:	Dennis Corrigan: A contemporary American painter, etcher and sculptor, Dennis Corrigan studied art at the Philadelphia College of Art (BFA, 1966), and at the Tyler School of Art, Temple University (MFA, 1972). His first major exhibitions took place in 1972 and since that time his art has been included in major shows throughout the United States and in such countries as Japan. Corrigan has received numerous awards, 1st prize at the Everhart Museum, Scranton PA, Regional Juried Exhibition (1994), the Stuart Engal Award (1979), the Silver Funny Bone Award (1980), the Purchase Award (1980), and The Max Katzman Award (1983). Dennis Corrigan's original paintings and prints are today in the collections of such institutions as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the Brooklyn Museum, Philadelphia Museum of Art, the San Francisco Museum of Art, the Newark Museum of Art, the California Legion of Honor, the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., and the Arts Council of Great Britain.
	During his career, Dennis Corrigan has also received commissions for illustration from the New York Times, New York Magazine, RCA Records, Pan American Airways and others. He is the author and illustrator of The Amusement Park (1982), and True Love Knows No Boundaries (2015), and has provided illustrations for Jewish Adventurer’s Club A Manual for Those Who Dare to Go Out With a Wet Head (1987), Superior Persons Book of Words (1985), as well as providing illustrations for various textbooks, and other periodical contributions. At present Dennis Corrigan is a Professor of Art at Marywood University, Scranton, Pennsylvania.
	The art of Dennis Corrigan has always featured a delightful assemblage of both surreal and bizarre imagery. During the 1970's and early 1980's the artist's prints often focused upon popular figures from both the past and present. Other titles of his art from this period include, Brahms Amusing Himself, Queen Victoria Troubled by Flies and President Nixon Hiding in a Small Town.
	This delightful etching and aquatint clearly contains the admirable surreal and satiric elements of Dennis Corrigan's graphic world. The Brooklyn Museum, lists an impression of Corrigan’s original aquatint engraving in its permanent collection under the title, Nathaniel Hawthorne Posing With a Formally dressed Gopher, Accession Number. 78.164.1.
Source:	During the 1970's and early 1980's the Associated American Artists of New York commissioned major American and International artists for original graphic art. Most of their published works were printed in limited, signed editions of 250.Nathaniel Hawthorne Posing With a Formally dressed Gopher was commissioned by this publisher.
Size:	9 3/8 X 12 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Condition:	Printed upon fine archival paper and with full, deckled margins as published by the Associated American Artists around 1978. A strongly printed impression and in excellent condition throughout. Signed and numbered, '9/250' by the artist in pencil along the lower margin. Nathaniel Hawthorne Posing With a Formally dressed Gopher represents a prime, original example of the art of Dennis Corrigan.
Subject:	Dennis Corrigan, Nathaniel Hawthorne Posing With a Formally dressed Gopher Military Commander, Original Etching & Aquatint, Associated American Artists, contemporary American painter, etcher and sculptor, surreal art, satiric elements.
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