Machina Ex Deus [“Machina Ex Deus ”], 1980
Silkscreen print-Ink on paper
50 × 60 cm
Edition 75/115
Hand-signed by the artist in pencil (per the certificate of authenticity)
Collection of Bre Pettis
FA.2016.004
Description
Dealer listings document Machina Ex Deus as a signed and numbered surrealist serigraph of 1980 featuring the truck motif central to Dallas John's series of those years; the title playfully inverts the theatrical deus ex machina. John (b. 1945) turned from urban and transit planning to serigraphy in Denver, hand-pulling limited editions through layered stencils with a precision of color and perspective that reflects his training in geography. The work is wholly hand-made printmaking, with no computer processes involved.
Certificate of Authenticity on back
Sources: https://www.ebay.com/itm/284688847799 · https://www.rogallery.com/artists/dallas-john/
The certificate of authenticity issued by American Design Ltd. (Aurora, Colorado) records this impression as edition 75/115, 1980, hand-signed by the artist in pencil. The certificate is filed with the work and photographed as a secondary image.
