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Pegge Hopper (born 1936) Rat Boy + Friend 20 x 22 in. (50.8 x 55.9 cm)
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Pegge Hopper (born 1936) Rat Boy + Friend signed 'P. HOPPER' (on the turnover edge), titled and dedicated (on the reverse) acrylic on canvas 20 x 22 in. (50.8 x 55.9 cm) Footnotes: Provenance The artist. Private collection, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, acquired from the above. Private collection, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, acquired from the above. Pegge Hopper's work has always blurred the line between fine and graphic arts. She practiced fine art at the ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, California, where the ethos was 'never about doing things differently. It was about doing things well.' 1 Hopper credits her ArtCenter training under instructors like Lorser Feitelson for giving her a solid technical foundation on which she developed her design-forward aesthetic. Upon graduation in 1956, Hopper's professional and personal life took her to far-flung places. She worked in New York City designing department store murals for the design firm Raymond Loewy Associates; then Milan, Italy, designing posters for the luxury department store La Rinascente; then Los Angeles, and finally Honolulu, Hawaiʻi in 1963, where Hopper has resided since. The present work depicts a pōpoki named Rat Boy with playful irreverence. Hopper captures the essence of a cat, sitting as he pleases. With eyes closed, the cat is oblivious to our perception of him, and we are drawn into his state of being. At the same time, through its execution — a simplified color palette with elegant tonal harmonies and a cutting-in painting technique — the cat becomes a silhouette that can be read graphically. In this pictorial space, the cat expresses its dominance over man, and by extension, the artist over a tradition of Old Master painting. 1 Storyboard: Pegge Hopper (n.d.). ArtCenter College of Design. https://www.artcenter.edu/about/support/storyboard/storyboard-pegge-hopper.html For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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Pegge Hopper (born 1936) Rat Boy + Friend signed 'P. HOPPER' (on the turnover edge), titled and dedicated (on the reverse) acrylic on canvas 20 x 22 in. (50.8 x 55.9 cm) Footnotes: Provenance The artist. Private collection, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, acquired from the above. Private collection, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, acquired from the above. Pegge Hopper's work has always blurred the line between fine and graphic arts. She practiced fine art at the ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, California, where the ethos was 'never about doing things differently. It was about doing things well.' 1 Hopper credits her ArtCenter training under instructors like Lorser Feitelson for giving her a solid technical foundation on which she developed her design-forward aesthetic. Upon graduation in 1956, Hopper's professional and personal life took her to far-flung places. She worked in New York City designing department store murals for the design firm Raymond Loewy Associates; then Milan, Italy, designing posters for the luxury department store La Rinascente; then Los Angeles, and finally Honolulu, Hawaiʻi in 1963, where Hopper has resided since. The present work depicts a pōpoki named Rat Boy with playful irreverence. Hopper captures the essence of a cat, sitting as he pleases. With eyes closed, the cat is oblivious to our perception of him, and we are drawn into his state of being. At the same time, through its execution — a simplified color palette with elegant tonal harmonies and a cutting-in painting technique — the cat becomes a silhouette that can be read graphically. In this pictorial space, the cat expresses its dominance over man, and by extension, the artist over a tradition of Old Master painting. 1 Storyboard: Pegge Hopper (n.d.). ArtCenter College of Design. https://www.artcenter.edu/about/support/storyboard/storyboard-pegge-hopper.html For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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