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Contemporary Print & Drawing Center
313 Occidental Ave S. • Seattle, WA 98104 (Map)
Director: Cara Forrler (email) • 206 624.1324
Hours: Tue-Sat 10am-5:30pm
Arne Bendik Sjur
Available Works
Norwegian artist Arne Bendik Sjur's work is about people and relationships. Sjur creates his evolving series by working on a single plate, printing an edition, then reworking the existing plate through multiple states. This continues until the series is complete. By obscuring and adding elements, the artist is able to portray the passage of time, transformations, and metamorphoses - suggesting the transient nature of reality. The small scale of each work and the meticulous rendering draws in the viewer and captures the imagination. Also included in the exhibition will be Sjur's most recent insect images and subjects revisiting his Chinese experiences in a series of sampans. Mr. Sjur's work has been exhibited in numerous museums in Northern Europe and Scandinavia.
• Bodies of Work: 1986 Portraits, Boats, Self-Portraits, To Be Looked At, Listen, Path of Grief
• Recent exhibitions: Personal Transformation, March 2008
Sleeping Man - Vilnius, 2005
Drypoint. Edition of 8.
5 x 4 inches.
[34199]
$525
Sleeping Man and Old Man, 2005
Drypoint. Edition of 6.
6 x 4 inches.
[34200]
$560
Sleeping Man - Vilnius (Black, Sepia), 2005
Drypoint. Edition of 10.
5 x 4 inches.
[34201]
$590
Sleeping Man - Vilnius (Black, White), 2005
Drypoint. Edition of 14.
5 x 4 inches.
[34202]
$590
Smiling Woman (white), 2005
Drypoint. Edition of 7.
5 x 4 inches.
[34203]
$525
Smiling Woman II (black), 2005
Drypoint. Edition of 10.
5 x 4 inches.
[34204]
$525
Smiling Woman (black, sepia), 2005
Drypoint. Edition of 7.
5 x 4 inches.
[34205]
$525
Rememberance of a Father’s Face (black), 2004
Drypoint. Edition of 10.
4-1/2 x 3-1/2 inches.
[34206]
$460
Rememberance of a Father’s Face (white), 2004
Drypoint. Edition of 10.
4-1/2 x 3-1/2 inches.
[34206]
$460
Anna, Child’s Drawing, 2000
Drypoint. Edition of 4.
4-3/4 x 3 inches.
[34230]
$525
Anna - Lina, 1996
Drypoint. Edition of 18.
3-1/4 x 3-1/2 inches.
[34191]
$525
Anna - Lina, 1996
Drypoint. Edition of 20.
4 x 5 inches.
[34192]
$525
Anna - Lina, 1996
Drypoint. Edition of 15.
4-3/4 x 3-1/2 inches.
[34193]
$590
Anna - Lina, 1996
Drypoint. Edition of 20.
4 x 5 inches.
[34194]
$525
Maria - Linnea, 2005
Drypoint. Edition of 18.
5-1/2 x 4 inches.
[34190]
$525
Let Yourself Fall, 2005
Drypoint. Edition of 7.
7 x 4-3/4 inches.
[34195]
$525
Woman Seated, Blue Background, 2004
Drypoint, hand color. 1/1.
4-3/4 x 2-3/4 inches.
[34189]
$525
Man from “To Be Seen”, Hand Colored, Blue Shirt, 2005
Drypoint, hand color. 1/1.
6-1/4 x 3 inches.
[34196]
$590
Woman Seated, Hand Colored, 2005
Drypoint, hand color. 1/1.
5 x 3 inches.
[34197]
$590
Old Woman Seated, Head in Profile, Hand Colored, 2005
Drypoint, hand color. 1/1.
4-1/2 x 2 inches.
[34198]
$525
The Family, 1967
Drypoint. Edition of 10.
6 x 4 inches.
[34231]
$460
Cathedral - Self-Portrait, 1967
Drypoint. Proof.
6 x 4-1/2 inches.
[34232]
$590
Facade Image - Behind a closed room, 1969
Drypoint. Edition of 5.
10-3/4 x 6 inches.
[34235]
$925
He Arrived and Rebuilt Himself, the Facade Between Himself..., 1968
Drypoint. Edition of 8.
10 x 5-1/2 inches.
[34236]
$1050
Floating Image, 1970
Drypoint. Edition of 12.
10-1/4 x 6 inches.
[34237]
$925
The Escape from Freedom, 1967
Drypoint.
9-3/4 x 6-1/4 inches.
[34238]
$925
Listen - Past - Present I, 1989
Drypoint. Edition of 7.
9-1/2 x 7 inches.
[34248]
$525
Chameleon, 1988
Drypoint. Edition of 15.
4 x 5 inches.
[34243]
$390
Grasshopper with wings (black background), 2000
Drypoint. 1/1.
4-3/4 x 5-3/4 inches.
[34241]
$590
Grasshopper with wings (white background), 2000
Drypoint. Edition of 12.
4-3/4 x 5-3/4 inches.
[34242]
$590
Grasshopper (34236), 2006
Drypoint. Edition of 15.
4 x 5-7/8 inches.
[34326]
$525
Grasshopper (34334), 2006
Drypoint. Edition of 3.
4 x 6 inches.
[34334]
$500
Grasshopper (34335), 2006
Drypoint. Edition of 10.
2-1/2 x 3-1/4 inches.
[34335]
$390
Grasshopper (33975), 2006
Drypoint. 1/1.
2-1/2 x 3-1/4 inches.
[33975]
$630
Grasshopper (33976), 2006
Drypoint. Edition of 3.
3-1/4 x 5-3/4 inches.
[33976]
$560
Grasshopper (33977), 2006
Drypoint. Edition of 8.
4 x 5-3/4 inches.
[33977]
$530
A Bird (black background, side-view), 2003
Drypoint with hand color. 1/1.
5-1/2 x 7-3/8 inches.
[$975]
A Bird (30927), 2006
Drypoint with hand color. 1/1.
5-1/2 x 7 inches.
[$975]
A Bird (white background, side-view), 2003
Drypoint. Edition of 15.
5-1/2 x 7-1/4 inches.
[$840]
A Bird (black background, side view), 2003
Drypoint. Variation 1/1.
5-1/2 x 7-1/2 inches.
[$840]
A Bird (white background, over view), 2003
Drypoint. Edition of 10.
4 x 7-1/2 inches.
[$840]
A Bird (30926), 2006
Drypoint with hand color. 1/1.
4 x 7-1/2 inches.
[$975]
Ending Image, 1968
Drypoint. Edition of 8.
8-3/4 x 11-3/4 inches.
[34240]
$1050
Goods and Services, 1973
Drypoint. Edition of 8.
9-1/2 x 7 inches.
[34239]
$925
Circle Image, 1970
Drypoint. Edition of 10.
3-1/2 x 6 inches.
[34233]
$525
Flying Image, 1970
Drypoint. Edition of 8.
8-3/4 x 6 inches.
[34234]
$925
Dad, Why did we never get to know your body? I, 1984
Drypoint. Edition of 18.
4-3/4 x 3-1/2 inches.
[34321]
$525
Dad, Why did we never get to know your body? II, 1984
Drypoint. Edition of 16.
5-1/2 x 3-3/4 inches.
[34322]
$590
Dad, Why did we never get to know your body? III, 1984
Drypoint. Edition of 16.
5-1/2 x 3-3/4 inches.
[34323]
$590
Strindberg in New York, 1967
Drypoint. Edition of 10.
6-1/4 x 6-1/4 inches.
[34325]
$790
Listen - Past - Present II, 1990
Drypoint. Edition of 7.
9-3/8 x 7 inches.
[24143]
$525
Listen - Past - Present IV, 1990
Drypoint. Edition of 19.
9-3/8 x 7 inches.
[24145]
$525
Listening I, 1995
Drypoint. Edition of 10.
7-7/8 x 5-7/8 inches.
[24388]
$430
Listening II, 1995
Drypoint. Edition of 8.
7-7/8 x 5-7/8 inches.
[24389]
$420
1986 Portraits (View more from this series)
1986 Portraits XII, 1986
Drypoint. Edition of 20.
3-1/2 x 2-1/4 inches.
[34282]
$390
1986 Portraits XIX, 1986
Drypoint. Edition of 20.
3-1/2 x 2-1/4 inches.
[34300]
$200
1986 Portraits X, 1986
Drypoint. Edition of 25.
3-1/2 x 2-1/4 inches.
[34283]
$390
1986 Portraits XXXI, 1986
Drypoint. Edition of 30.
3-1/2 x 2-1/4 inches.
[34291]
$330
Boats (View more from this series)
Boat (33078), 2007
Drypoint. Edition of 20.
5 x 7 inches.
[33078]
$590
Boat (33088), 2007
Drypoint. Edition of 15.
2-1/2 x 5-3/4 inches.
[33088]
$490
Self-Portraits (View more from this series)
Self Portrait, 1966
Drypoint.
2-3/4 x 2-1/4 inches.
[34254]
$390
Self Portrait, 1972
Drypoint.
3-1/2 x 2-1/4 inches.
[34255]
SOLD
Self portrait (wild hair, buttoned collar)
Drypoint. Edition of 14.
2 x 2 inches.
[34256]
$270
Self Portrait, 1975
Drypoint. Edition of 15.
3-1/2 x 2-1/4 inches.
[3-1/2 x 2-1/4]
$390
Self Portrait, 1965
Drypoint.
5-1/4 x 3-1/2 inches.
[34262]
$390
Self Portrait III, 1994
Drypoint. Edition of 10.
5 x 3-1/2 inches.
[34272]
$525
To Be Looked At (View more from this series)
To Be Looked at IV, 2005
Drypoint. Edition of .
6-1/2 x 5 inches.
[34211]
$525
To Be Looked at IX, 2005
Drypoint. Edition of .
6-1/2 x 5 inches.
[34216]
$550
To Be Looked at XI, 2005
Drypoint. Edition of .
6-1/2 x 5 inches.
[34218]
$525
To Be Looked at XV, 2005
Drypoint. Edition of .
6-1/2 x 5 inches.
[34222]
$525
Listen (View more from this series)
Listen I (Part I), 1988
Drypoint. Edition of 52.
6-1/2 x 3-3/4 inches.
[34157]
$390
Listen XVIII (Part I), 1988
Drypoint. Edition of 55.
6-1/2 x 3-3/4 inches.
[34172]
$390
Listen XXVIII (Part II), 1988
Drypoint. Edition of 10.
6-1/2 x 3-3/4 inches.
[34179]
$500
Listen XXXVI (Part III), 1988
Drypoint. Edition of 7.
6-1/2 x 3-3/4 inches.
[34186]
$420
Path of Grief (View more from this series)
The Path of Grief - a Journey V, 1998
Drypoint. Edition of 8.
5 x 6-1/2 inches.
[34134]
$560
The Path of Grief - a Journey XII, 1998
Drypoint. Edition of 8.
5 x 6-1/2 inches.
[34141]
$650
The Path of Grief - a Journey XX (Part II), 1998
Drypoint. Edition of 6.
5 x 6-1/2 inches.
[34149]
$525
The Path of Grief - a Journey XXVI (Part III), 1998
Drypoint. Edition of 7.
5 x 6-1/2 inches.
[34155]
$590
