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Sean 9 Lugo
"Leaf Check" Contemporary Sidewalk Scene with Fallen Leaves and Cigarettes

2025

$2,400
£1,846.24
€2,142.96
CA$3,384.57
A$3,791.29
CHF 1,991.32
MX$46,100.88
NOK 25,216.65
SEK 23,937.38
DKK 15,993.74

About the Item

"Leaf Check" is an original piece by Sean 9 Lugo, known artistically for his murals and street art. The piece was debuted in Lugo's solo exhibtion "Storyteller" featuring city scenes from his childhood. This piece is made from acrylic and pen on mixed media panel and comes with a gallery-issued Certificate of Authenticity. The piece measures 26"h x 32"w and ships in the pictured white float frame. "Leaf Check was a game brought across Palisade Ave, during the short-lived summer/fall seasons of 1992-1993. The premise of the game was that if you were out on the street, you always had to have a leaf in pristine condition on you. You would roam the street to find the perfect leaf littered among the gutter trash and carefully keep it in your pocket, or better yet laminated in plastic. It was essentially your pass to be on the street. If you didn’t have a leaf on you or the leaf was crinkled, you got beat up, feeling much like it was you against everyone else, in an anxiety riddled world. The reality of the game was that it just gave Union City kids an excuse to scrap with Weehawken kids, and once adopted by Weehawken, it gave an excuse for older kids to pick on younger kids." -Sean 9 Lugo Sean 9 Lugo‘s artwork is reflective of the diverse culture that surrounded him as a child growing up in Hudson County, N.J. with parents from Puerto Rico and Cuba. His street art is known for representing the duality of both Latin and American culture and experiences through masks that can either misconceive or stereotype perceptions. Sean 9 Lugo’s artwork has been shown in solo and group exhibitions around the United States including The National Liberty Museum, University City Arts League, Mesa Contemporary Art Museum, Paradigm Gallery, Deep Space Gallery, Jinxed Fishtown, LITM, 58 Gallery, Dis Micro Gallery, Northern Soul, Thinkspace Gallery, Arch Enemy Arts, Clutter Gallery, Inner State Gallery, Honolulu Museum, 17 Frost Gallery, My Plastic Heart, and Succulent Gallery. His murals can be seen from New York to the Dominican Republic through projects with Track Takeover, Wall Therapy, Welling Court, Arte Sano, Central Ave Sid, Arts Org NYC, Fashion Institute of Technology, HAHAxParadigm, NJ Beer Company, and Savage Habbit. He has been featured in national and international publications such as Metro, Al Día, WHYY, WXPN, Streets Dept, Brooklyn Street Art, Fecal Face, Street Art NYC, Robots Will Kill, News 12 New Jersey, and Jersey Journal.

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