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Dondi, Zephyr, Charlie Ahearn Heroin Kills graffiti photograph: Bronx, NY 1981
By Charlie Ahearn
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Dondi White, Zephyr & Charlie Ahearn ‘Heroin Kills' Subway Art Photograph 1981. A rare, historic, early 1980s Bronx, New York graffiti photograph by Charlie Ahearn of Wild Style fame...
Category
1980s Street Art Charlie Ahearn Art
Materials
Inkjet
Limited edition Wild Style Spray Can
By Charlie Ahearn
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Limited edition Wild Style Spray-paint Can:
This much decorative limited edition Wild Style spray paint can was born out of a collaboration between director Charlie Ahearn & Montana colors circa 2024 & features the iconic artwork of NYC graffiti legend Zephyr. A standout, highly collectible pop art, graffiti display piece.
Medium: Off-set lithograph on metal spray paint can. c.2024.
Dimensions: 7.5 x 2.5 inches.
Accompanied by original box. Excellent overall condition. Unused.
From a sold out limited edition of unknown.
*Available for US shipping only*
Universally hailed as the first hip-hop & graffiti movie, director, Charlie Ahearn’s “Wild Style" featured seminal figures & legends from early 80's New York hip-hop and graffiti scene such as: Fab Five Freddy, The Chief Rocker Busy Bee, Lee Quinones, Lady Pink, Zephyr, Queen Lisa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Charlie Ahearn Art
Materials
Metal
Grand Master Flash, Debbie Harry & Fab 5 Freddy photograph, Charlie Ahearn 1981
By Charlie Ahearn
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Grand Master Flash, Debbie Harry, Fab 5 Freddy, Chris Stein, & Tracy Wormworth captured by Charlie Ahearn of Wild Style; New York, NY 1981:
A seminal late 1970s/early 1980s art/music scene photograph included as part of the exhibition: 'New York, New Music 1980-86': Museum of the City of New York (2021).
Medium: Archival Inkjet Print.
Overall dimensions: 16 x 22 inches (Image size: 13 x 20 inches).
Hand signed & numbered on the verso, from a limited edition of 10.
Excellent overall condition.
Obtained directly from artist.
Artist Bio:
Charlie Ahearn, best known as the director of the classic hip-hop film Wild Style (1982), arrived in New York in 1973 to attend the Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program. Later he was joined by his twin brother, John Ahearn, and they became part of the artists' group Colab (aka Collaborative Projects, Inc).
Ahearn showed his early films in an abandoned Time Square massage parlour that Colab had taken over on the corner of 7th Avenue and 41st Street (where Ahearn also lived from 1981 to 1993). Colab's 1981 art...
Category
1980s Pop Art Charlie Ahearn Art
Materials
Inkjet
Debbie Harry Rapture 1981 photograph by Charlie Ahearn (Fab 5 Lee Quinones)
By Charlie Ahearn
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Charlie Ahearn, "Rapture" (in motion) 1981:
A rare historic Debbie Harry, Fab 5 Freddy & Lee Quinones photograph captured by Wild Style director Charlie Ahearn on the set of Blondie's "Rapture".
Medium: Archival Inkjet Print on heavy-weight paper.
Overall dimensions: 16 x 22 inches ( approx image size: 13 x 19 inches).
Hand signed & numbered on the verso, from a limited edition of 10.
Excellent overall condition.
Provenance: Obtained directly from artist.
Literature/References:
Writing the Future: Basquiat and the Hip-Hop Generation (MFA Boston).
'New York, New Music 1980-86': Museum of the City of New York (2021).
More on Rapture:
The music video made its U.S. television debut on Solid Gold on January 31, 1981, and became the first rap video ever broadcast on MTV. Set in the East Village, much of the video is a one-take scene of Debbie Harry dancing down the street, passing by graffiti artists, Uncle Sam, an American Indian, child ballet dancer, and a goat. Fab Five Freddy...
Category
1980s Pop Art Charlie Ahearn Art
Materials
Inkjet
Basquiat Debbie Harry Rapture 1981 photograph by Charlie Ahearn
By Charlie Ahearn
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Charlie Ahearn, "Rapture" 1981:
A rare historic Jean-Michel Basquiat, Debbie Harry, Fab 5 Freddy photograph captured by Wild Style director Charlie Ahea...
Category
1980s Pop Art Charlie Ahearn Art
Materials
Inkjet
DJ Lovebug, Grandmaster Caz, Busy Bee photograph: Harlem 1980 by Charlie Ahearn
By Charlie Ahearn
Located in NEW YORK, NY
DJ Lovebug, Grandmaster Caz, Busy Bee at the Celebrity Club: Harlem, New York, 1980 by Charlie Ahearn, director of Wild Style (1982):
A seminal early Hip Hop photograph featured as part of the exhibition: New York, New Music 1980-86: Museum of the City of New York (2021).
Medium: Archival Inkjet Print on heavy-weight paper.
Overall dimensions: 16 x 22 inches (Image size: 14 x 20 inches).
Hand signed & numbered on the verso, from a limited edition of 10.
Excellent overall condition.
Provenance: Obtained directly from artist.
Artist Bio:
Charlie Ahearn, best known as the director of the classic hip-hop film Wild Style (1982), arrived in New York in 1973 to attend the Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program. Later he was joined by his twin brother, John Ahearn, and they became part of the artists' group Colab (aka Collaborative Projects, Inc).
Ahearn showed his early films in an abandoned Time Square massage parlour that Colab had taken over on the corner of 7th Avenue and 41st Street (where Ahearn also lived from 1981 to 1993). Colab's 1981 art show - titled, "The Times Square Show" - is famous for introducing Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring among many others. In 1982, Ahearn directed Wild Style - universally hailed as the first hip-hop movie. Wild Style immortalized the birth of an underground hip-hop scene changing the face of music, fashion, art & popular culture forever.
Ahearn's recent silkscreen paintings depicting hip hop culture’s seminal years were exhibited at PPOW Gallery in New York in 2017 and Beyond The Streets (2019 & 2020); with selections of his photography and film work most recently exhibited at MFA Boston...
Category
1980s Pop Art Charlie Ahearn Art
Materials
Inkjet
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Located in NEW YORK, NY
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By Charlie Ahearn
Located in NEW YORK, NY
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Find a wide variety of authentic Charlie Ahearn art available for sale on 1stDibs. You can also browse by medium to find art by Charlie Ahearn in digital print, inkjet print and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 1980s and is mostly associated with the Pop Art style. Not every interior allows for large Charlie Ahearn art, so small editions measuring 22 inches across are available. Charlie Ahearn art prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1,650 and tops out at $1,800, while the average work can sell for $1,800.









