{"title":"Duane Hanson","description":"\u003cp\u003eDuane Hanson (1925–1996) was an American sculptor known for life-size figures cast from living models in polyester resin and fibreglass, painted, and dressed in real clothes; his work is closely associated with American hyperrealism and Pop. Born in Alexandria, Minnesota, he began casting figures in the mid-1960s with confrontational scenes of violence and social unrest, including \u003cem\u003eRiot\u003c\/em\u003e (1967), \u003cem\u003eVietnam Scene\u003c\/em\u003e (1969) and \u003cem\u003eRace Riot\u003c\/em\u003e (1969–71). In 1969, at Ivan Karp's urging, he moved to New York, where he showed at O.K. Harris Gallery; from around 1970 he turned to ordinary Americans — housewives, shoppers, tourists, workers and museum guards — presented without a plinth in the same space as the viewer. He took part in documenta 5 in 1972 and had solo exhibitions at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (1975) and the Whitney Museum of American Art (1979). He died in Florida in 1996.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"duane-hanson-housewife-christine-breyhan-reihe-cantz-001-cantz-2000","title":"DUANE HANSON, Housewife, Christine Breyhan, Reihe Cantz 001, Cantz, 2000","description":"\u003cp\u003eChristine Breyhan\u003cbr\u003eReihe Cantz 001\u003cbr\u003eCantz, 2000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished in April 2000 as number 001, the inaugural title in the Reihe Cantz series. Christine Breyhan's study concentrates on a single sculpture: Duane Hanson's Housewife, 1969\/70.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePage 7 records the sculpture's institutional history: polyester resin and fibreglass, from the collection of Reinhard Onnasch, first exhibited at O.K. Harris Gallery in New York and on view at the Neues Museum Weserburg in Bremen since 1991. A publication written in the presence of its subject.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat arrangement was temporary. The Onnasch collection left the Weserburg in 2005, five years after the book appeared. The Astrup Fearnley Museet in Oslo now lists a Hanson sculpture titled Housewife (Homemaker), 1969–1970, in its collection. The relationship between the two collection records remains to be established.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the cover, the figure sits in a worn green armchair beneath a dome hairdryer, cigarette at her mouth, one slippered foot resting on a vinyl pouffe. Two pink bars carry the title across the photograph. The reverse is entirely pink, with a German text describing the figure as an American anti-Playmate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside, close-up photographs isolate the sculpture's details: the plastic hairdryer cap, stained fingers, a copy of Sunset magazine, the hem of a slip. Other works are reproduced with collection credits, including two attributed to the artist's estate. Hanson died in 1996, four years before publication. The text notes that the figure stands without a plinth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis copy retains evidence of a previous reading. Yellow highlighting runs throughout, following Breyhan's argument across successive pages. On page 13, the reader marks a passage describing Hanson's subjects: not the famous or successful, but individuals characterised by anonymity and failure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe annotations introduce a second, independent reading of the work. Hanson's sculpture reproduces the ordinary body in exacting detail. The previous owner, in turn, selected and marked the printed account, leaving a record of attention within the publication itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally produced to accompany the understanding of a particular sculpture, the book now carries another layer of use. The text remains unchanged. Its reception has become visible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sculpture's institutional setting was temporary. The book retains its reader.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDetails\u003cbr\u003eCantz, 2000. Text by Christine Breyhan. German language. Illustrated softcover. 68 pages, 27 photographs. 15.5 × 20.1 cm. First title in the Reihe Cantz series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCondition: Good. Light edge wear to covers. Yellow highlighter annotations throughout by a previous owner, with a small pencil mark in the margin of page 31. The markings are retained as part of this copy's reading history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cantz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55081585115474,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/5636\/1554\/files\/Hanson_Duane._Housewife._2000.jpg?v=1792043936"}],"url":"https:\/\/thenewrare.com\/collections\/duane-hanson.oembed","provider":"The New Rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}