James Torlakson

Incident on Devil's Slide

James Torlakson's original aquatint engraving and etching, "Incident on Devil's Slide" is printed upon hand-made, laid paper with the BFK Rives watermark and with full, deckled margins as published in the limited edition of fifty impressions around 1990. It is signed in pencil by the artist and numbered along the lower margin. In "Incident on Devil's Slide", the combination of realist elements transforms a truck accident into potent imagery for both the eye and the mind. This is a fine original example of the contemporary art created by the American artist, James Torlakson.

Original Aquatint Engraving & Etching by The American artist, James Torlakson.

Incident on Devil's Slide

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James Torlakson (San Francisco, California, Born, 1951)
#	Image	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	Notes
01-		Incident on Devil's Slide by James Torlakson	Original Aquatint Engraving & Etching	c. 1990	Signed in pencil by James Torlakson and numbered '45/50' along the lower margin.
02.-		Mohawk by James Torlakson	Original Aquatint Engraving & Etching	c. 1980	Signed in pencil by James Torlakson and numbered '46/50' along the lower margin.

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Title:	Incident on Devil's Slide
Artist:	Torlakson, James (San Francisco, California, Born, 1951)
Date:	c. 1990
Medium:	Original Aquatint Engraving & Etching
Note:	James Torlakson: A leading American photo-realist printmaker and painter, James Torlakson received his B. F. A. (1969-73) and M. A. (1973-74) from the San Francisco State University. His art was first formally exhibited in 1971 and since that time he has distinguished himself in the mediums of watercolor, oil and aquatinting. Drawn to imagery of the environment around us, he states,
	I am not interested in how closely I can mimic physical images in paint, but rather in how I can change and distort them to suit my personal aesthetic. When I paint an image, I break it down in my mind and put it back together in the second dimension as if it were a puzzle. The pieces of the puzzle are the compositional elements of shape, texture, light, value, hue, line, etc. If the elements are assembled harmoniously, the painting will function well as both an abstract composition and a realistic image. *
	These words clearly apply to one of Torlakson's greatest aquatints, Incident on Devil's Slide. Here the combination of realist elements transforms a truck accident into potent imagery for both the eye and the mind.
	During the past thirty years Torlakson's paintings and aquatints have been the subject of exhibitions at the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Galerie Jurka, Amsterdam, Netherlands, the Achenbach Foundation for the Graphic Arts, California, the Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, and elsewhere. Today his fine art is included in the following public collections; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Carnegie Institute, the New York Public Library, the Detroit Art Institute, the Chicago Art Institute and the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Reference:	* James Torlakson, Artist, http://www.torlakson.com/
Edition:	Limited edition of fifty impressions, numbered 45/50.
Size:	12 X 11 1/8 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Buy Now	Price: $365.00 US
Condition:	Printed upon hand-made, laid paper with the BFK Rives watermark and with full, deckled margins as published in the limited edition of fifty impressions. Signed in pencil by the artist and numbered '45/50' along the lower margin. A finely printed impression and in excellent condition throughout. Incident on Devil's Slide represents a prime, original example of the contemporary art of James Torlakson.
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