Charles Bragg

Hangman

Charles Bragg's original lithograph, "Hangman" is printed upon fine, hand-made, laid paper and with full margins as published in an edition of three hundred impressions by the artist around 1980. It is also signed and numbered by Charles Bragg in pencil along the lower margin. In "Hangman" the artist portrays a sinister and depraved looking man with one foot in fire and the other in ice as he dangls two victims on a line. It doesn't require much imagination to see this disturbing image as a telling counterpoint to the traditional symbol of justice -- the blindfolded young woman who holds the scales -- only now the blindfold is up to reveal a pair of most sinister eyes and the balancing scales are under this individual's control. This original work of art is a fine, example of the satirical art created by the American artist, Charles Bragg.

Hangman

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Title:	Hangman
Artist:	Bragg, Charles (St. Louis, Missouri, born, 1931)
Date:	c. 1980
Medium:	Original Colour Lithograph
Note:	Charles Bragg: If this original lithograph strikes the viewer as somewhat familiar it is because it comes from the hand of perhaps the most popular satirical artist of our times. Charles Bragg and his assembly of wonderfully invented characters and grotesques are known throughout the world. Charles Bragg has won numerous international awards and has regularly been commissioned to do work for such publications as the New York Times and Playboy. His work is now found in the collections of over 20 major museums including the Joseph Hirshhorn Collection in Washington DC, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, the Museum of Modern Art in Milan and the Pushkin Museum in Moscow.
	Charles Bragg came to New York quite early in life and studied art there at the Art Students League. Opposing most of the art trends of the day, he began his career in the mid 1950's with only limited success. This changed dramatically in 1968 when a one-man exhibition brought his distinctly unique satirical art to the forefront. Society in general and the professions of law, medicine, the military, the clergy and business, in particular, were all fodder for his brilliant paintings, etchings and lithographs. In Bragg's own words he is most interested in characters who have, "lost their souls while acting our depravities through tragicomic burlesques of morality and ethics."
	Hangman is one of Charles Bragg's most powerful and provoking works of original art. With one foot in fire and the other in ice this sinister and depraved looking man dangles two victims on a line. It doesn't require much imagination to see this disturbing image as a telling counterpoint to the traditional symbol of justice -- the blindfolded young woman who holds the scales --only now the blindfold is up to reveal a pair of most sinister eyes and the balancing scales are under this individual's control. To say the least this is a most damning image of our modern day systems of law and government. Only the genius of Charles Bragg could produce such a haunting image.
Edition:	Limited edition of three hundred impressions, numbered 135/300.
Size:	10 X 8 3/4 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Framed and Matted with 100% Archival Materials
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Condition:	Printed upon fine, hand-made, laid paper and with full margins as published in Los Angeles by Charles Bragg around 1980. Signed by the artist in pencil and numbered, '135/300', along the lower margin. It is a finely printed impression without a trace of fading or discolouration and in near excellent condition throughout. Hangman represents a superb, original example of the satirical art of Charles Bragg.
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