CHRISTIAN LASSEN RARE ARTWORK SIGNED LIMITED EDITION CUSTOM FRAMED PAINTING, INCLUDES COA & APPRAISAL LETTER Start Price USD 8,499.95 Current Price USD 8,499.95 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price USD 8,999.95 Reserve Price - Start Time Monday, July 07, 2008 End Time Monday, July 14, 2008 Location Oakland Park, Florida See more about 'CHRISTIAN LASSEN RARE ARTWORK SIGNED LIMITED EDITION' Description CHRISTIAN LASSEN RARE ARTWORK SIGNED LIMITED EDITION   Available For Auction: Christian Riese Lassen: "One of the world's most renowned marine artists, Christian Riese Lassen's visionary images emanate a light that touches some deep chord within us all. The mastery of detail, the richness of subject matter, even the surprising magical points of view are somehow secondary to the incredible intimacy that this contemporary master is able to achieve. Christian's worldwide popularity is due to his uncanny ability to awaken in each of us a positive awareness of ourselves and to restore the hope that we can indeed contribute to the healing of our home. "My hope is that my artwork will open a place in your heart that will continue to carry a message of care for our planet." Christian Lassen Painting, Titled, "Parenthesis in Eternity". Extremely Rare Offered With The Submit Best Offer Option. Elaborately Custom Framed. The piece is called Parenthesis in Eternity. Artist Proof Edition #133/150 Purchased 4/30/2004 It is in perfect condition, never moved since it was 1st hung. Gallery price as of Sept. 2007 $19,500 Included with purchase is a Signed, Original COA Certificate of Authenticity & Gallery Appraisal Letter There are 5, 1pt. diamonds added to highlight waterfalls and waves. The artwork is signed by the artist and numbered on the piece. It is 3' 2.5"tall 4' 2.5" wide including the frame. The frame is 8" wide, solid wood with a 1/2" purple inset.  Approximate weight is 60-75 pounds. The wood is a high polished dark brown burl wood an the picture is covered with glass. It is also 8" deep. The picture itself is 24"x 36". It is #5 in a series of 6 telling a story about a women named Hanna. Her love has left her and gone out to sea, but has promised one day to return to her. So, she waits for him always watching and in all 6 of these paintings you can find her somewhere looking out at the ocean waiting for her love to return. In the 6th painting you see his ship in the distance returning to her as promised, however, #5 this one, has kept its value as the favorite in the series. In all these pictures there are hidden things to search for, such as her foot prints in the sand, dolphins playing in the clouds, and hearts hidden all over, in the sky, the water, the rocks, none of these things are easy to see, you really have to look closely but it does make these quite special both this subtle game of hide and seek, as well as the group of 6 telling a story. It makes these have special value. When you put a spot light on it and gently turn them up it makes it appear as though the sun is rising in the picture and the waves in the ocean let the light through as the sun brightens. Or the reverse as you dim the light and you watch the sun set over the waves, it is quite amazing how the medium that Lassen works with allows for this optical illusion, but it is very breath taking! I'm not sure of the medium I thought it was acrylic untill I read a piece on him where they were explaining how he had his own acrylic type paints created that were translucent in design and he paints in layers which is why all his works have a see thru the water effect and the light shining on them creates day or night above or below the water "glow" as it would look if you were there. As I think you are aware though this one that I have is a "Lassengraph" as they put it and then an artisan hand paints over it and it is signed and numbered. As to the style, while it is close to real,  the colors are too bright and there is a slight softening  that keeps it from being too realistic more expressionistic I would guess, but that is a guess as I am no art critic I just love this mans work, I always did and when I saw the galerie by accident I stayed half the day and left owning this piece!  (THIS IS A STATEMENT FROM THE OWNER) Artist's proofs are a special subset of the regular limited edition. They usually sell for 10-30% more than the regular edition. Artist's proofs began back when limited editions were all hand-pulled from a one-man litho press. The artist's proofs were the first prints pulled off a fresh "stone" (the plate which was drawn or etched by the artist to create the prints). The stone wore down as the number of prints was increased, so that the APs were the sharpest and most colorful of the lot. Thus, they sold for more, being a better product. These days, in the world of modern offset lithography, all the prints in an edition are nearly identical. Artist's proofs maintain their collectability and value because A) They are a small subset of the edition, and B) they usually come directly from the artist. In these days of mass marketing, getting something directly or even indirectly from the artist is rare. Publishers usually turn over the artists proofs to the artist for his or her own use, and retain all the other prints in the edition. How rare? it varies. Traditionally, artist's proofs number 10% or less of the total edition, so if there is an edition of 500, usually there will be only 50 artist's proofs. In other countries, it may be more or less. In Russia, for example, the artists' proofs may run 30% of the edition. Artist's proofs are signed "A/P" or "Artist's Proof" and may or may not be numbered with the serial number of that portion of the edition. Artist's proofs are generally considered a status symbol in the world of art collecting. And their resale value is proportionally higher than the numbered editions.    THANK YOU FOR VIEWING.     PLEASE DON'T HESITATE IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION Contact Me Place a Bid!