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Ellen Hackl Fagan
A Taxonomy of Pond Weed_Cedar Shake Removed, 30 x 42., Atmospheric Blue Abstract

2025

$3,300
£2,491.39
€2,858.12
CA$4,606.62
A$5,016.17
CHF 2,653.82
MX$60,493.16
NOK 33,765.69
SEK 30,868.95
DKK 21,345.66

About the Item

Ellen Hackl Fagan transforms stillness into motion. She begins with a brittle 18th-century cedar shingle—salvaged from a landmarked house she restored—and saturates it with vivid blue acrylic. Pressing it into wet rag paper captures the shingle’s grain and the weight of its history. From this aged, motionless object, the paint releases and expands. It bleeds outward from the center in a soft, aurora-like radius, creating a glowing field of ultramarine. The work is both imprint and abstraction, where texture, time, and fluid movement intersect. Blue—central to Fagan’s practice—becomes evidence of transformation, turning a relic into a contemporary, radiant image.
  • Creator:
    Ellen Hackl Fagan (1960, American)
  • Creation Year:
    2025
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 30 in (76.2 cm)Width: 40 in (101.6 cm)Depth: 1.5 in (3.81 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    New York, NY
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU416317423882

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