About The Work
In a catalogue for his Canfield Hatfield series, artist David Salle writes: “Professor Canfield Hatfield was a supposedly real-life character who… [worked] as a paid maker of rain for drought-stricken communities in the West—a high-wager kind of job and by extension a useful metaphor for the relationship between risk, hope, and fraud that enter into any art-making or rain-making situation.” While these concepts are rather abstract, they nonetheless play out in this enigmatic work, as the viewer is challenged to either devise a narrative from the disparate elements, or else find consolation in its uncertainty.
About David Salle
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Soft ground etching and aquatint
30.50 x 44.00 in
77.5 x 111.8 cm
This work is signed by the artist and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.
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About The Work
In a catalogue for his Canfield Hatfield series, artist David Salle writes: “Professor Canfield Hatfield was a supposedly real-life character who… [worked] as a paid maker of rain for drought-stricken communities in the West—a high-wager kind of job and by extension a useful metaphor for the relationship between risk, hope, and fraud that enter into any art-making or rain-making situation.” While these concepts are rather abstract, they nonetheless play out in this enigmatic work, as the viewer is challenged to either devise a narrative from the disparate elements, or else find consolation in its uncertainty.
About David Salle
From The Magazine
- Interviews & Features: 10 surprisingly affordable high-flex works
- Interviews & Features: Interview: Eric Fischl on His New Artspace Limited Edition Print
- Art 101: What to Say About Your New David Salle Print
- News & Events: Gilliam, Richter, Schutz, & More: 8 Prints to Invest In
- News & Events: Prada Marfa, Satan, and Magnetic Dogs: The Upcoming Art Books to Get Excited About
- This work is framed. Frame measurements are 35.75" x 48.00".
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