"Pyramidal Geometric Abstraction" by Douglas Reid Hansen, Amer., (1900-circa1990) Aquatint 10-1/8 x 7-15/16

10-1/8 x 7-15/16

His humor retains it's sharp edge today as in his own time

An early work by this important American artist

as the nuanced face and torso of this male nude attest

CT art community and Paris

"Pyramidal Geometric Abstraction" by Douglas Reid Hansen, Amer., (1900-circa1990) Aquatint 10-1/8 x 7-15/16Gouache with Chalk on illustration board, ca. 1930's 40's, 12 1 8 x 15 1 16, unsigned, tack holes and glue residue in margins of board. From the artist's estate. Douglas Reid Hanson studied with Charles Hawthorne, and at Corcoran School of Art, National Academy, Broadmoor Art Academy, Fontainebleau, and the Austrian St. School of Art & Industry. From 1938 Hanson was art professor then art dept. chair at U. of Missouri, exhibited at the City Art