Lakeside is a signed and numbered tondo serigraph by American artist James Hagen, depicting a moonlit forest and water landscape rendered in layered silhouettes and muted earth tones. Created in the 1980s, this circular-format print exemplifies Hagen’s modern minimalist approach to nature, balance, and atmosphere.
Lakeside presents a tranquil nocturnal landscape enclosed within a circular, or tondo, format. Slender trees rise vertically through layered hills and reflected forms, creating a rhythmic interplay between land, water, and sky. A small moon punctuates the composition, anchoring the scene and reinforcing its meditative stillness.
Hagen’s restrained palette—warm browns, soft taupes, cool grays, and pale neutrals—creates depth through transparency and overlap rather than detail. The circular format intensifies the sense of enclosure and contemplation, encouraging the viewer to read the landscape as a self-contained world rather than a panoramic vista.
Executed as a serigraph (silkscreen print), the work displays clean edges, flat tonal fields, and precise layering typical of stencil-based printing. The silhouetted trees and repeated verticals reflect Hagen’s signature visual language: simplified natural forms arranged with architectural clarity. Signed and numbered 91/150, the print represents Hagen’s mature 1980s production, created for collectors drawn to modern, decorative landscapes with quiet emotional resonance.
James Hagen is an American artist active primarily in the late 20th century, best known for his limited-edition serigraphs depicting stylized landscapes and natural scenes. His work is characterized by simplified forms, layered silhouettes, and a restrained, harmonious palette, aligning him with American decorative modernism and minimalist landscape traditions.
Hagen’s imagery frequently explores themes of dusk, nightfall, reflection, and seasonal transition. Trees, water, hills, and moonlit skies recur as central motifs, rendered with an economy of line and shape that emphasizes mood over narrative. His compositions often rely on repetition and overlap, creating depth through structure rather than detail.
Working primarily in serigraphy, Hagen embraced the medium’s ability to produce crisp edges and flat, luminous color fields. His prints were issued in signed and numbered editions and distributed through gallery networks serving private collectors and interior designers. While detailed academic biographies are limited, Hagen’s consistent presence in the secondary art market and the survival of multiple editioned works attest to his established role within late-20th-century American printmaking.
James Hagen (American, active late 20th century)
Lakeside, c.1980s
Tondo serigraph on paper
Signed in pencil and numbered 91/150
27 × 24 inches
Provenance: Mitch Morse Gallery → Artfind Gallery, Washington DC
This certifies that Lakeside is an authentic original limited-edition tondo serigraph by James Hagen. The work is pencil signed by the artist and numbered 91 from an edition of 150. Based on medium, edition size, format, and market comparables for Hagen’s signed serigraphs, this artwork holds recognized collector value.
James Hagen, American (active late 20th century)
Lakeside, c.1980s, tondo serigraph on paper, signed & numbered 91/150
Acquired from Mitch Morse Gallery, New York City (with works sourced in the United States and Europe)
Current Owner: Artfind Gallery, Washington DC
Lakeside is a signed and numbered tondo serigraph by American artist James Hagen, depicting a moonlit forest and water landscape rendered in layered silhouettes and muted earth tones. Created in the 1980s, this circular-format print exemplifies Hagen’s modern minimalist approach to nature, balance, and atmosphere.
Lakeside presents a tranquil nocturnal landscape enclosed within a circular, or tondo, format. Slender trees rise vertically through layered hills and reflected forms, creating a rhythmic interplay between land, water, and sky. A small moon punctuates the composition, anchoring the scene and reinforcing its meditative stillness.
Hagen’s restrained palette—warm browns, soft taupes, cool grays, and pale neutrals—creates depth through transparency and overlap rather than detail. The circular format intensifies the sense of enclosure and contemplation, encouraging the viewer to read the landscape as a self-contained world rather than a panoramic vista.
Executed as a serigraph (silkscreen print), the work displays clean edges, flat tonal fields, and precise layering typical of stencil-based printing. The silhouetted trees and repeated verticals reflect Hagen’s signature visual language: simplified natural forms arranged with architectural clarity. Signed and numbered 91/150, the print represents Hagen’s mature 1980s production, created for collectors drawn to modern, decorative landscapes with quiet emotional resonance.
James Hagen is an American artist active primarily in the late 20th century, best known for his limited-edition serigraphs depicting stylized landscapes and natural scenes. His work is characterized by simplified forms, layered silhouettes, and a restrained, harmonious palette, aligning him with American decorative modernism and minimalist landscape traditions.
Hagen’s imagery frequently explores themes of dusk, nightfall, reflection, and seasonal transition. Trees, water, hills, and moonlit skies recur as central motifs, rendered with an economy of line and shape that emphasizes mood over narrative. His compositions often rely on repetition and overlap, creating depth through structure rather than detail.
Working primarily in serigraphy, Hagen embraced the medium’s ability to produce crisp edges and flat, luminous color fields. His prints were issued in signed and numbered editions and distributed through gallery networks serving private collectors and interior designers. While detailed academic biographies are limited, Hagen’s consistent presence in the secondary art market and the survival of multiple editioned works attest to his established role within late-20th-century American printmaking.
James Hagen (American, active late 20th century)
Lakeside, c.1980s
Tondo serigraph on paper
Signed in pencil and numbered 91/150
27 × 24 inches
Provenance: Mitch Morse Gallery → Artfind Gallery, Washington DC
This certifies that Lakeside is an authentic original limited-edition tondo serigraph by James Hagen. The work is pencil signed by the artist and numbered 91 from an edition of 150. Based on medium, edition size, format, and market comparables for Hagen’s signed serigraphs, this artwork holds recognized collector value.
James Hagen, American (active late 20th century)
Lakeside, c.1980s, tondo serigraph on paper, signed & numbered 91/150
Acquired from Mitch Morse Gallery, New York City (with works sourced in the United States and Europe)
Current Owner: Artfind Gallery, Washington DC
