Gallery Edition – Queen City Ink, Ad. 35 by Augustus Jansson – 44×60 Interior Architectural Study

Curatorial Narrative As we position “Queen City Ink, Ad. 35” by Augustus Jansson within the trajectory of art historical development, it becomes evident that this work embodies the nascent spirit of Art Deco, an aesthetic ideology that was still unfolding during the creation period between 1890 and 1913. Jansson’s masterful deployment of linear brushwork imbues the figurative subject with a sense of modernist dynamism, as if the very essence of urbanity has been distilled into this visual matrix. The palette, characterized by its judicious balance of magenta, brown, and white, injects a level of sophistication that is at once both nostalgic and futurist.When scaled up to 44×60, “Queen City Ink, Ad. 35” assumes a spatial presence that is nothing short of commanding. The chromatic structure, now amplified, generates an atmospheric weight that can anchor an entire room. The linear brushwork, now more pronounced, establishes a spatial r