Auckland - Prints and Multiples

Original Mudd Club poster, New York 1979: A must have for any true Jean Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring collector - this piece is featured in the 2017 Jean-Michel Basquiat documentary, 'Boom For Real.' Promotional poster. 1979. Dimensions: 18x24 inches. Very good overall vintage condition condition; some minor fading consistent with age. Provenance: Obtained directly from the original art designer. The Mudd Club was founded by filmmaker Steve Mass, art curator Diego Cortez, and downtown punk scene figure Anya Phillips in 1978. Mudd Club featured an art gallery curated by Keith Haring on the upper floor. Live performances by New York No Wave bands such as, DNA, the Contortions, Talking Heads & Basquiat's band Gray. On the dance floor, DJs, Anita Sarko and Johnny Dynell played an eclectic mix of punk, funk and curiosities. From the start it functioned as an antidote to the uptown disco glitz of Studio 54. Six months after it opened, the Mudd Club was mentioned in People: "New York's fly-by-night crowd of punks, posers and the ultra-hip has discovered new turf on which to flaunt its manic chic. It is the Mudd Club ... . For sheer kinkiness, there has been nothing like it since the cabaret scene in 1920s Berlin". After its first few years, Studio 54 celebrities like Andy Warhol, Grace Jones and David Bowie began to show up. In 1981, the Mudd Club's Steve Mass began showing up at the more informal Club 57 on St. Mark's Place, and began hiring Club 57 regulars including Keith Haring to help attract the downtown art & music scene. The Mudd Club was frequented by many of Manhattan's emerging emerging cultural figures, such as, Lou Reed, Johnny Thunders, David Byrne, Debbie Harry, Arto Lindsay, John Lurie, Nico with Jim Tisdall, Lydia Lunch, X, the Cramps...

Robert RAUSCHENBERG Cardbirds, 1972 exhibition, rare original poster For the exhibition "Cardbirds" at the Sonnabend Gallery Signed in the plate framed in walnut. 21 x26.5" framed. ...

Artist: (after) Robert Indiana (American, 1928-2018) Title: "LOVE" Portfolio: Banner, Multiples Calendar for 1970 *Issued unsigned Year: 1969 Medium: Original Screenprint on smooth w...

Hero as a Riddle (1963) depicts a smiling head printed in gold, silver, and black. The shapes and lines composing the figure’s face are architectural and geometric: the eyes are comp...

Artist: Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987) Title: "Watermelon" Portfolio: Space Fruit: Still Lifes *Signed and numbered by Warhol in felt pen lower left Year: 1979 Medium: Original Sc...

Max Epstein, Canadian (1932 - 2002) - Nostalgic Path, Year: 1978, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 295, AP, Image Size: 17 x 26 inches, Size: 23 in. ...

Richard Pettibone Andy Warhol Cow Wallpaper Silkscreen on paper 26 1/2 × 20 3/4 inches Hand Signed and dated in graphite on the front Unframed Accompanied b...

Haystack #5 Color lithograph and screen print, 1969 Signed and dated in pencil (see photo) From: Haystack Series (seven plates) see photo of entire portfolio Signed and dated in pencil Edition: 100 (74/100) Publisher: Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, CA, with their blaindstamp Reference: Paul Bianchini No. 33e Corlett and Fine 69 Condition: Excellent Fresh colors Small paper imperfection in bottom margin near the edge of the sheet Image size: 13 1/4 x 23 3/8 inches Sheet size: 20 ¾ x 30 ¾ inches Frame size: 23 ½ x 33 ¾ inches This is one of the finest images in the portfolio, inspired by Claude Monet's famous series of Haystack paintings...

Artist: Peter Max, German/American (1937 - ) Title: Saturn Messenger Year: 1972 Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: HC 11 Image...

A very rare serigraph by Peter Max, created in 1979 called "Talking to Karen". This is one of Max's most collectible periods and works.

Max Epstein, Canadian (1932 - 2002) - Winter's Morning, Year: 1978, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: AP 42/50, Size: 17.75 x 25.75 in. (45.09 x 65.4...

Serigraph on heavy rag paper printed for the New York Film Festival held at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in 1985. Special rate for shipping. Shipping and Handling: W...