San Fran CA Etching Pyrography Print "Female Nude" by Edward Hagedorn (1902-82)

Up for sale from a recent client in Honolulu this original etching pyrography mono print that is titled "Nude" and is described on the reverse by the artists estate as Nude Standing Rear Facing left (EH#1155) and is signed in pencil by the artist Edward Hagedorn (1902-1982). The piece was inspected and described by a Fine Arts appraiser that gave me the details above and confirmed the authenticity of the piece. He pointed out that the outlines of the figure are burned into the paper (pyrography) that was done after the initial etching process.


Measurements:

Print 21.75 inches x 12.25 inches


More about the artist:

Edward Hagedorn (1902-82), a lifelong resident of the San Francisco Bay area, is best known for his Expressionistic style and for his nude and figure studies. In the 1930s he declined an invitation by Galka Scheyer to join the Blue Four.

Painter and etcher, Edward Hagedorn was born in Oakland, CA on Jan. 26, 1902. Hagedorn's mother died at childbirth and he was raised by his maternal grandmother. During the 1920s he worked out of a studio in the old Montgomery Block of San Francisco and in the 1930s was employed by the Works Progress Administration. A lifelong resident of the San Francisco Bay area, the latter part of his life was spent in Berkeley where he maintained a studio-residence at 2436 Woolsey Street until his death on Dec. 14, 1982. As well as oils and etchings, Hagedorn did many pencil and charcoal drawings of nudes.

Exhibited: San Francisco Art Association annual, 1925; Oakland Art Gallery, 1927; California Palace of the Legion of Honor. Works held: Oakland Museum.


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Condition: 

Excellent unframed condition, was rolled up in a tube, would benefit from being matted and backed