Trenton Doyle Hancock

Aborted but Beautiful

2005

A surreal three-tier pink fountain surrounded by odd creatures and colorful round shapes.
A surreal three-tier pink fountain surrounded by odd creatures and colorful round shapes.

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Date
2005

Classification
Prints

Medium
Aquatint and etching

Dimensions
Sheet: 19 1/2 × 24 13/16 in. (49.5 × 63 cm) Plate: 12 × 15 13/16 in. (30.5 × 40.2 cm)

Accession number
2006.66.6

Edition
6/35 | 7 APs, 4 APs, 2 TPs, 1 BAT

Publication
Printed by Harlan & Weaver; published by James Cohan Gallery; published by Dunn and Brown Contemporary

Credit line
Purchase with funds from the Print Committee

Rights and reproductions
© Trenton Doyle Hancock

API
artworks/27989

Part of a series:
The Ossified Theosophied
8 works

A surreal three-tier pink fountain surrounded by odd creatures and colorful round shapes.
Surreal vertical collage showing strange cartoonish creatures connected by pink tubing to a bucket.
A surreal monochrome figure holds a skull releasing a colorful striped balloon over pink flowers.
Centered skull with red staining and handwritten title "The Oossified Theosophied" above.
A white hand holds several brightly colored patterned candies against a black geometric background.
Abstract anatomical poster shows a skeletal figure with a dripping red circle and colorful organs above the word SESOM.
Poster-like artwork titled "Theosophied" with a rainbow color bar above a block of handwritten text.
A skeletal figure projects a rainbow beam toward a tangled mechanical organism in a surreal cave.

Trenton Doyle Hancock
28 works in the collection, 5 exhibitions

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