Jack Duganne (American, 1942-2020) Valley Serigraph (1977, Signed)
Jack Duganne (American, 1942-2020) Valley Serigraph (1977, Signed). A serigraph on heavyweight wove paper. Gradient colors raging from golden yellow to brownish mauve. Signed and stamped in the bottom right corner. “AP” in pencil in the bottom left corner. In good condition with some light creasing in the right edge at the bottom. A few light handling marks.
Size: 26”W x 20”H
Jack Duganne was an artist, technical innovator in serigraphy, seminal developer of fine art printing technology, coiner of the term Giclée, teacher at Santa Monica College, Otis College of Art and Design and UCLA Extension, mentor and friend to many in and outside the arts. A Master Printer, he enabled many artists to realize their vision in both analog and digital print media.As founding director of Workshop, i.e., an artist collective and printing studio on Main Street in Santa Monica for over 47 years, he enabled an entire generation of artists to develop their skills and enjoy the camaraderie of their peers. It was a uniquely long-lived incubator for creative artists at many stages of their careers. This safe haven, with its community, resources and the stimulation of creative work going on all around, propelled ambitions, creative product and had an incalculably major impact on the arts of Los Angeles and beyond.His work celebrated the light and continuum of the Santa Monica coastline.
