David Henning Larson

September 27, 1931 – August 25, 2007

Drawings

Falling Man series and Other Late Work

"In a bit of a quandary as to how to proceed along the slippery slope of my artistic career...the idea of urban and corporate capitalism and the dehumanization that is involved began to assume proportions that I thought important to delve into, with wit and wisdom to be sure, but mostly paradoxically, blatantly, absurdly.

So, possible a man or woman, possibly dead, certainly incapacitated, definitely a bother that is unexplained, should be explored. I have done about a dozen with supine people - all enigmatic, all absurd."

From a letter to his friend Abe Rudisill - July, 2007.

Art with the title "Terrible Things Happen to Good People". — Terrible Things Happen to Good People

Art with the title "An Impropriety". — An Impropriety

Art with the title "Unforseen". — Unforseen

Art with the title "A Deficient". — A Deficient

Art with the title "Fallen Man". — Fallen Man

Art with the title "Empty of Meaning". — Empty of Meaning

Art with the title "Man on Floor, Woman Looking On". — Man on Floor, Woman Looking On

Art with the title "And After This?". — And After This?

Art with the title "Perplexity". — Perplexity

Art with the title "Voiceless Shock". — Voiceless Shock

Art with the title "Inadequacy". — Inadequacy

Other Late Works

Along with his Falling Man series, David produced a number of works in his last year and a half that were not part of any series. I think you'll find them quite varied, but all very serious statements - SL