1980s Art

Raymond Pettibon Punk Art 1981: Raymond Pettibon illustrated gig flyer / handbill for: The Subhumans, China White, Mad Society, Runns, Assassins at Polish Hall, Los Angeles 1981. Post marked 1981 on the verso; quite rare as such. Offset Print; 8.5 x 11 inches. Pettibon printed signature appears on the lower right. A RARE original example, mailed by SST Records in 1981. Condition: Staple on mid-left; fold-lines consistent with mailing; scattered signs of handling, fading and minor wear consistent with age and medium; otherwise good overall condition. Further History: Between the years 1978 and 1986 Raymond Pettibon (aka, Raymond Pettibone; St. Pettibone) produced a now historic amassment of graphic works for seminal Southern California punk bands such as Black Flag, the Dead Kennedys...

Raymond Pettibon Short Teats Bloody Milk 1985 (Raymond Pettibon zine): This visually enticing 1985 Raymond Pettibon artist book/zine titled, Short Teats,...

Raymond Pettibon illustrated Black Flag flyer published on the occasion of: Black Flag at the Elite Club, Oct. 31 1981; with D.O.A., Saccharine Trust, & Overkill. A rare early Petti...

Raymond Pettibon My Struggle for Life After Death 1982 (Raymond Pettibon zine): This visually enticing 1982 Raymond Pettibon artist book/zine titled incl...

Raymond Pettibon illustrated Black Flag flyer published on the occasion of: Black Flag on Broadway / Dec. 19 1982 / Dec. 20 1982 with Code of Honor, Redd Kross, Nig-Heist, & Flipper...

Raymond Pettibon Black Flag 1981: A rare early Pettibon illustrated punk flyer published on the occasion of: Black Flag at the Mabuhay: Feb 27- Feb 28, 1981. A gig by Black Flag, Edd...

Raymond Pettibon: Rare original 1983 Black Flag flyer (postmarked on reverse): Black Flag at S.I.R., Nov 27, 1982: Offset-print, 11 x 8.5 inches. (28 x 21.6 cm); Flyer / Handbill for...

Raymond Pettibon illustrated Black Flag flyer New York City 1981: Rare early 1980s Punk flyer illustrated by Pettibon to advertise one of Black Flag’s first ever East Coast shows hel...

Raymond Pettibon Black Flag: Rare 1984 Raymond Pettibon illustrated Black Flag promotional flyer published to advertise the release of the Black Flag album 'Slip It In'. Offset prin...

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, 19...

Raymond Pettibon Black Flag Live 1985: Rare folding double-sided promotional tour flyer illustrated by Raymond Pettibon for SST Records, advertising 1985 Black Flag concert dates. O...

Raymond Pettibon Punk Art 1980: Rare early Raymond Pettibon illustrated punk flyer published on the occasion of: The Dead Kennedys & Circle Jerks at The Whisky A Go Go: August, 1980....

Raymond Pettibon, 'Black Flag Live ‘85 Loose Nut': Folding double-sided merchandise flyer illustrated by Raymond Pettibon for SST Records advertising...

Raymond Pettibon Black Flag, 1981: Rare early Raymond Pettibon Black Flag Punk Flyer - illustrated by Pettibon on the occasion of: Black Flag, Stains, Youth Gone Mad, Caustic Cause,...

Raymond Pettibon 1986-2001 poster/announcement cards: A curated set of 4 vintage Raymond Pettibon illustrated announcement cards plus a copy of Picturebook, a 1993 art publication (with a Raymond Pettibon original poster inside). Medium: 4 offset printed announcement cards, 1 fold-out poster. Dimensions ranging from: 4.25x6 inches to 11x17 inches. Condition: Each in good to very good overall vintage condition with some minor signs of handling. Each unsigned from an edition of unknown. Included in the collection: - Raymond Pettibon, Feature gallery, New York, NY, February 18-March 18, 1989. - Raymond Pettibon, A&P Gallery Closing Announcement, New York, NY, October 3, 1986. - Raymond Pettibon Poster...

Raymond Pettibon Black Flag 1982/1984: A set of 2 rare Raymond Pettibon illustrated Black Flag punk flyers. Published on the occasion of: Black Flag & Saccharine Trust at the Whis...

Raymond Pettibon Black Flag: 1982 Raymond Pettibon illustrated Black Flag punk flyer published on the occasion of: Black Flag, Saccharine Trust, The Minutemen, Plebes, Adolescents, C...

Raymond Pettibon Black Flag 1984: Rare early 1980's Black Flag promotional poster illustrated by Raymond Pettibon for the seminal Black Flag record: My War. A striking, historic 1980s Raymond Pettibon Black Flag poster sure to standout in any setting. Offset printed punk poster...

Raymond Pettibon Revolutionary Sex (Deluxe signed edition of Patty Hearst SLA Poster), 1982 Offset printed poster (hand signed and numbered) Hand-signed by artist, Boldly signed by R...

Raymond Pettibon Black Flag 1983: Rare early 1980's Black Flag punk flyer illustrated by Raymond Pettibon for Eastern Front '83, a concert headlined by the punk rock band Black Flag and featuring the Meat Puppets, The Dicks, The Stains, Saint Vitus, Suicidal Tendencies...

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. Related Categories Punk, Contemporary Figurative Drawing, Contemporary Graphic Realism, Politics...

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...

Raymond Pettibon: Rare early Black Flag punk flyer: Black Flag Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Jun 11, 1983. Santa Monica, CA. Flyer / handbill for gig by Black Flag, Misfits, Vand...

Raymond Pettibon Black Flag 1983 (punk flyer): Black Flag at Mi Casita, Jan. 14, 1983: Offset-printed, 11 x 8.5 in. (28 x 21.6 cm). Black & white. Handbill / flyer for performance by Black Flag, Redd Kross, Descendents, Hüsker Dü, St. Vitus featuring original artwork by Raymond Pettibon. Rare. Good overall vintage condition. Hand written notes on the reverse. Unsigned from an edition of unknown. Raymond Pettibon Black Flag: Further Background: Raymond Pettibon is the foremost draftsman of his generation, and one of America’s most important contemporary artists. Approaching “high” and “low” subject matter with equal appetite and comfort, Pettibon plumbs the depths of American sexuality, politics, subcultures, mores, and intellectual histories through themes ranging from Shakespeare to Gumby, surfers to the Bible, baseball to German Romanticism. Raymond Pettibon popularized the American punk aesthetic with his designs that captured the riotous and chaotic character of punk such as this rare Black Flag flyer...

Raymond Pettibon: Black Flag at Vex 1983: Handbill/ punk flyer for gig by Black Flag, Flesheaters, The Dicks, Saccharine Trust, Redd Kross, The Dicks, & Nip Drivers featuring artwork...

Raymond Pettibon Black Flag 1980: Rare early Raymond Pettibon Black Flag punk flyer designed by Pettibon for a gig by Black Flag, Mommy Men, the Circle Jerks, Stains, and Descendents at the Hideaway; Sept. 19, 1980; striking, highly collectible early Raymond Pettibon punk art. Off-set lithograph. 8.5 x 11 inches Very good overall vintage condition. Unsigned from an edition of unknown. Rare. Further Background: Before Pettibon gained international recognition in the mid-80s for his skillful marriage of text and drawing, he was an important figure in the Los Angeles alternative scene. Working inside the punk movement, Pettibon’s art from this early period encapsulates the irreverence, intensity, and heightened self-awareness of youth, and chronicles the development of his characteristic violently shadowed and coarse aesthetic. (Source: MOCA, Tuscon). Raymond Pettibon popularized the American punk aesthetic with his designs that captured the riotous and chaotic character of punk such as this rare Black Flag flyer...

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 ...

Raymond Pettibon Black Flag 1982: Flyer / handbill for gig by Black Flag, Circle One, Saint Vitus, the Nig-Heist featuring artwork by Raymond Pettibon at Dancing Waters...

Rare original 1980s Raymond Pettibon record cover art: Set of 4 individual Raymond Pettibon illustrated record albums accompanied by their orig...

Raymond Pettibon A rare flyer for gig by Black Flag, September 27, 1984 at the Indian Center, Salt Lake City, UT with off-set artwork by Pettibon Flea, the Red Hot Chili Peppers ba...

Raymond Pettibon Black Flag poster circa 1983: Flea, the Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist once said of Pettibon's Black Flag illustrations and iconic l...

Raymond Pettibon Black Flag: Rare 1984 Raymond Pettibon illustrated Black Flag promotional flyer published to advertise the release of the Black Flag album 'Slip It In'. Offset printed; 17 x 11 inches. 1984. Condition: Minor signs of handling; center fold-line; in otherwise good to very good overall vintage condition. Unsigned from an edition of unknown. 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) Raymond Pettibon is a contemporary American artist known for his stylized ink drawings combining images and text. His inventive narratives blend historical content with consumer culture to yield incisive critiques of contemporary society. “I was making my work as transparent as possible, without equivocations, without calling attention to itself, without apology,” he explained. “There's a lot of conventions in the art world that are not to be transgressed, but my economy of means doesn't abide by those strictures.” Born Raymond Ginn on June 16, 1957 in Tucson, AZ, the artist is self-taught, but cites drawings by William Blake, Edward Hopper, Francisco Goya, and John Sloan as instructive to his practice. Deriving inspiration from comics, cartoons, and other pop culture iconography, Pettibon began designing album covers and ephemera for his brother’s band Black Flag in the mid-1970s. He went on to produce cover art for Sonic Youth, the Minutemen, and the Foo Fighters...

Raymond Pettibon "Lana" artist book, 1984: This 1984 Raymond Pettibon artist book/zine titled "Lana" includes twenty-eight psychologically-charged drawings of bad girls, femme fatales, and women up to no good. Hand numbered "25" in red ink by the artist on the front cover, as issued. Pettibon’s subjects are the stars of old films, dominatrices, and lovers in thigh-high stockings: “One can’t stay on the straight and narrow path forever.” Offset printed artist book. Staple-bound. 28 pages. From an edition of 500. Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 inches (opening to larger). Very good to excellent overall vintage condition; some aging to interior pages consistent with medium; minor rusting on staples; front and back covers are well preserved. Hand numbered 62 in red ink on the cover (from edition of 500). Catalog Raisonné: Raymond Pettibon: the Books 1978-1998 (New York: D.A.P. c. 2000) Raymond Pettibon: Homo Americanus (David Zwirner Books) Raymond Pettibon: A Pen of All Work (Massimialiano Gioni 2017) Exhibitions: Raymond Pettibon, A Pen of All Work, The New Museum 2017 More on Raymond Pettibon: A significant figure of the Southern Californian punk scene in the late 70s and 80s, Raymond Pettibon started his artistic career making scrappy zines, handbills and flyers for his band Black Flag and his brother’s record...

Raymond Pettibon illustrated Punk flyer 1984:
 Black Flag at Perkins Palace May 5, 1984 featuring original artwork by Raymond Pettibon. Medium: Offset Printed Punk flyer. Dimensions: 8.5 x 11 inches. Condition: Scattered small pin holes, minor signs of handling, and a center fold line visible from the back side. In otherwise good overall vintage condition.
 Printed signature on lower right. Further History:
 Between the years 1978 and 1986 Raymond Pettibon (aka, Raymond Pettibon; St. Pettibone) produced a now historic amassment of graphic works for seminal Southern California punk bands such as Black Flag, the Dead...

Raymond Pettibon illustrated Punk flyer 1981: Throbbing Gristle at Veteran's Auditorium May 22, 1981 featuring original artwork by Raymond Pettibon. ...