John Jacob Stanley - Disappearing Act

Disappearing Act

John Jacob Stanley's original linocut, "Disappearing Act", depicts a somewhat macabre circus sideshow. In this comic image, John Stanley clearly portrays modern man's two most sought after elements of entertainment. "Disappearing Act" was published in a small edition of 7 numbered impressions. It is printed upon fine mulberry paper and with full margins. This impression is pencil signed, dated, titled and numbered by the artist along the lower margin.

Disappearing Act

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John J. Stanley 'John Stanley' (Alliance, Ohio, 1929 - Kentucky, 2005)
#	Image	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	Notes	-
01-		Disappearing Act by John Jacob Stanley	Original Linocut	1984	Signed, dated, titled and numbered, '3 of 7' in pencil by John Stanley along the lower margin.	Sold
02.-		Vegetation by John Jacob Stanley	Original Etching & Drypoint Engraving	1987	Signed, dated, titled and numbered, 'One of Seven', by John Stanley along the lower margin.

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Title:	Disappearing Act
Artist:	Stanley, John J. 'John Stanley' (Alliance, Ohio, 1929 - Kentucky, 2005)
Date:	1984
Medium:	Original Linocut
Note:	John Jacob Stanley 'John Stanley': A twentieth century American painter and printmaker, John Jacob Stanley lived and worked in Cincinnati, New York and Hebron, Kentucky. He received a scholarship to study at the Art Academy of Cincinnati in 1948. There he studied under Arthur Helwig, Charles Cutler and Paul Chidlaw. John Stanley then received another scholarship from the Yale Summer Arts School, Norfolk, and received instruction from Josef Albers and Peter Blume. Shortly after he served three years with the United States Army in Germany, where he designed gravestones for post war casualties.
	Upon fulfilling his military obligations, John Jacob Stanley returned to the Art Academy of Cincinnati and graduated in 1955. After that time he was a regular exhibitor at galleries in New York City and Cincinnati and internationally at such exhibitions as the LX Biennale, Paris, France.
	Many of John Stanley's works of art (particularly his original etchings, linocuts and lithographs) deal with strong social commentary. Such is clearly the case with "Disappearing Act" which depicts a somewhat macabre circus sideshow. In this comic image John Stanley clearly portrays modern man's two most sought after elements of entertainment.
Edition:	Limited edition of seven impressions, Numbered '3/7'.
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Size:	10 X 11 3/4 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
Condition:	Printed on fine mulberry paper and with full margins. Pencil signed, dated, titled and numbered, '3 of 7', by the artist along the lower margin. Containing several slight folds in the outer margins (far removed from the actual linocut) else a fine, strongly printed impression very good condition throughout. "Disappearing Act" represents a fine, original example of the art of John Jacob Stanley.
Subject:	John Jacob Stanley, John Stanley, Cincinnati artist, "Disappearing Act", Original Linocut, Art Academy of Cincinnati, circus sideshow, social commentary.
Price:	Sold - The price is no longer available.
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