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Raymond Pettibon is who made the Black Flag album covers. His artistic career began to take off in the early 1980s. During this time, he produced album artwork and posters for many bands beyond Black Flag, such as Sonic Youth, Saccharine Trust and the Minutemen. Many of Pettibon’s prints, paintings and mixed media works incorporate harsh and equivocal text and imagery. While some of the text is borrowed, others are Pettibon’s original words. His style echoes that of comics and includes motifs from youth culture, politics, sports and celebrities. Find a selection of Raymond Pettibon art on 1stDibs.
1stDibs ExpertJanuary 27, 2025
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No Title (Our Secret Spot)
By Raymond Pettibon
Located in Bristol, GB
Six-colour lithograph on Rives BFK paper
Edition of 35
Signed and numbered on the front
Mint
This artwork is sold framed
Images of edition numbering are for illustrative purposes on...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Raymond Pettibon 1980s illustration art (early Raymond Pettibon)
By Raymond Pettibon
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Raymond Pettibon, "No Mag,'" 1981:
A rare late 70's/early 80's Los Angeles Punk scene publication featuring several stand out illustrations by Raymond Pettibon
Medium: Newspaper magazine, offset printed.
Minor aging to cover commensurate with age & medium; otherwise very good condition; well-preserved.
Dimensions: 14 × 11 inches (closed).
Publisher: No Magazine, Los Angeles, 1981.
Rare; unsigned from an edition unknown.
Well-suited for framing.
NO MAG: Los Angeles, CA, 1978 - 1985:
Bruce Kalberg's No Mag brought a subversive art-driven perspective to early Los Angeles punk publications. Though only 14 issues were published, No Mag is considered, as Pettibon is, a seminal part of Southern California punk history.
Catalogue
MoMa, The Eileen and Michael Cohen Collection
Raymond Pettibon emerged from Southern California DIY culture and its punk-rock sensibility, and his work still embraces a youthful edginess and sense of political engagement. Drawing from disparate cultural sources—which range from Marcel Proust and William Blake to the Bible—the artist makes cartoon-inspired ink drawings on paper which evoke the aesthetics of fanzines and concert flyers. Baseball players, trains, crashing waves, political figures, and comic book characters make frequent appearances, often accompanied by cryptic, ironic snippets of handwritten text. Pettibon has been the subject of solo shows at the New Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, and the Kunsthalle Wien. He has exhibited at the Venice Biennale, Documenta, and the Whitney Biennial, where he was the recipient of the Bucksbaum Award in 2004. On the secondary market, Pettibon’s work has sold for over $1 million. Alongside his fine-art practice, Pettibon has illustrated album art for Sonic Youth and Black Flag, among other musical acts.
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Punk, Contemporary Figurative Drawing, Contemporary Graphic Realism, Politics...
Category
1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Lithograph, Offset
Raymond Pettibon My Struggle for Life After Death 1982 (Raymond Pettibon zine)
By Raymond Pettibon
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Raymond Pettibon My Struggle for Life After Death 1982 (Raymond Pettibon zine):
This visually enticing 1982 Raymond Pettibon artist book/zine titled incl...
Category
1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Offset
Raymond Pettibon Punk flyer 1982 (Raymond Pettibon prints)
By Raymond Pettibon
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Raymond Pettibon 1982:
Rare original punk flyer featuring artwork by Pettibon for a gig by Hari-Kari, Wasted Youth at Dancing Waters, in downtown San Pe...
Category
1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Raymond Pettibon Black Flag Flyer (early Raymond Pettibon)
By Raymond Pettibon
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Raymond Pettibon: Rare early Black Flag flyer:
Original punk flyer / handbill illustrated by Raymond Pettibon for a gig by Black Flag at The Mabuhay, San Francisco, CA: Fri Oct 3, 1980.
Offset-printed 11 x 8 ½ inches (28 x 21.6 cm).
Fair overall vintage condition; contains age related wear and torn corners.
Unsigned from an edition of unknown. Rare.
Flea, the Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist once said of Pettibon's Black Flag illustrations and iconic logo: "Before I knew what Black Flag was I remember walking around Hollywood and seeing Raymond's flyers and being like, 'What the fuck is that?'… Those flyers made me feel like something is going on and it's romantic and it's mysterious and it's heavy and I don't know what it is but I wanna know."
About Raymond Pettibon (Americanb. 1957)
Having emerged from the Southern California DIY culture and its punk-rock sensibility, Raymond Pettibon fuses together youthful edginess and political engagement. Drawing from disparate cultural sources—from Marcel Proust to the Bible—the artist’s cartoon-inspired ink drawings on unframed paper recall the look of fanzines and concert flyers...
Category
1980s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Offset
Raymond Pettibon drawing 1995 (Raymond Pettibon drawings)
By Raymond Pettibon
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Raymond Pettibon (untitled) Clock drawing 1995:
Medium: ink and graphite on paper. 1995.
Dimensions: 121⁄4 x 12 7/8 inches (31 x 33 cm.)
Dimensions including frame: 16x16 inches.
Very good overall vintage condition; floated in a wood glass frame.
Hand signed and dated 'Raymond Pettibon 95' (on the reverse).
Provenance:
Private collection, acquired directly from the artist; Phillips, London 2014; Christie’s 2023.
Raymond Pettibon emerged from Southern California DIY culture and its punk-rock sensibility, and his work still embraces a youthful edginess and sense of political engagement. Drawing from disparate cultural sources—which range from Marcel Proust and William Blake to the Bible—the artist makes cartoon-inspired ink drawings on paper which evoke the aesthetics of fanzines and concert flyers...
Category
1990s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink