Head-Pavilion IV

<p>All of the <em>Head Pavilion</em> etchings incorporate the theatrical staging and fantastical architecture seen in Philip Hanson’s later <em>Pavilion Park</em> series. This print, <em>Head Pavilion IV</em>, visually references Pablo Picasso’s sculpture in Chicago’s Daley Plaza, which was dedicated in August 1967. The Art Institute acquired a small study of Picasso’s sculpture in 1966, which Hanson and other students may have seen in the museum.</p> <p>The dark, heavy use of aquatint in <em>Head Pavilion IV</em> adds a somber and formal dimension to the pavilion series and grounds the structure in space. Solidified and monumental, <em>Head Pavilion IV</em> evokes a temple or the site of a ceremony, with smaller accompanying pavilions issuing trails of smoke.</p>