Fine Art Auction Part I Saturday, 14 November 2026 / 11:00 am start
Sam Harrison - Untitled Portrait, Woodblock Print, 2008
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Lot Details
Sam Harrison (b. 1985) Untitled Portrait (2008) Woodblock Print, 5/12 Signed & dated '08 bottom right, editioned bottom left 1330 x 640mm Provenance: Private collection, Wellington In this striking woodcut, a solitary male figure occupies the composition. His hands, held in an almost restrained gesture, evoke a sense of vulnerability and quiet surrender. His head turns slightly away, the resulting shadows lending his lowered gaze an air of introspection. There is a pensive quality to the figure’s stance and subdued attire, heightened by a stark composition in which darkness meets delicately articulated passages of light. Balancing the conventions of traditional figurative portraiture with a distinctly contemporary sensibility, Sam Harrison brings an arresting physicality to the printed image. Through meticulous handling of the woodcut medium, his treatment of the human form is at once visceral and contemplative, while the irregularities of the wood surface impart an almost tactile quality to the image. Harrison’s artistic practice has long centred on the human figure, giving expression to its physical and psychological dimensions through sculpture, drawing and printmaking. This untitled work reflects these enduring interests, where close observation is accompanied by a considered approach to material and process.
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