Keith Haring

Keith Haring Into 84 (Haring Bill T. Jones announcement card 1983 Shafrazi)

1983

Keith Haring Into 84/Keith haring Painted Man 1983: Announcement card for Keith Haring’s well-documented exhibition, 'Into 84' at Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, 1983. For this ser...

Yayoi Kusama Driving Image Show: An impossibly rare 1960s Kusama exhibition poster/brochure, published on the occasion of: Yayoi Kusama at Galleria del Naviglio Milan: Jan. 26-Feb. ...

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, Vandals featuring artwork by Pettibon. Post-marked 1983 on verso; rare as such given the SST stamp on verso (Black Flag's record label). Offset Print; 8.5 x 11 inches. Features Pettibon printed signure on the lower right. Condition: Minor signs of handling and fading or yellowing; fold-lines and staple marks to upper & lower center (these were originally stapled together and mailed); in otherwise very good overall condition given age & medium. Post-marked 1983 and hand addressed on verso. 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) 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 His inventive narratives blend historical content with consumer culture to yield incisive critiques of contemporary society.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...

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...

"Kate Moss (DD yellow)" Photography print 25.5 × 19 in Ed. 9/15 by Kate Garner Numbered and Signed in the front. High Quality Print on Hahnemuhle paper using archival ink fully co...

Underwater nude shot from above a small cenote in Tulum, Mexico. Other size prints, framing options and print methods (such as fine art paper or face mounted plexiglass) available up...

Untitled (Nr. 0732) Photography 18" x 24" Edition 2/20 by Ben Cope Unframed - ships rolled in a tube Ben Cope + Rowan Daly Off the Grid Off the Grid is the culmination of a six-...

Underwater nude shot from above a small cenote in Tulum, Mexico. Other size prints, framing options and print methods (such as fine art paper or face mounted plexiglass) available up...