Ed Piskor
Original Artwork & Designs For Public Enemy Action Figures, W/ Original Set Of Action Figures
Estimate: 6.000 - 9.000 USD
Price realised: 11.340 USD
Price realised: 11.340 USD
Description
ED PISKOR
ORIGINAL ARTWORK AND DESIGNS FOR PUBLIC ENEMY ACTION FIGURES, WITH ORIGINAL SET OF ACTION FIGURES
20 pencil and ink figurine designs on graph paper, and stiff paper (ranging in size from 8 1/2 by 11 to 9 by 12 inches), each signed "Ed Piskor 2020", [With] 3 box design sketches, and a Public Enemy Action Figure Set, (overall: 7 1/8 by 11 x 3 1/2 inches), Press Pop Inc, 2015. Signed "Ed Piskor 2020" on the top left, unopened. Scattered minor handling wear.
"One of my foreign publishers, Presspop, is the Fantagraphics of Japan, meaning they have excellent taste and put a lot of love into every aspect of the things they produce. When they hit me up with the offer to design Public Enemy action figures — my all-time favorite rap group — I couldn’t say 'no.'
The most iconic era of P.E. would probably be around the time of the “Fight The Power” music video, so that’s the general period I aimed for with the designs. There were about four different Flavor Flavs that I made before deciding on which one I wanted to go with. I chose this one because it had the most articulation in the arms and legs when finally constructed.
The thought with these pieces was to imagine Public Enemy as a Saturday morning cartoon team. Just a few fun images meant to convey some of the personality that they established on the records and in music videos."
REFERENCE:
Illustrated: Ed Piskor: The Fantagraphics Studio Edition, pp. 174-179
PROVENANCE: Courtesy Ed Piskor
ORIGINAL ARTWORK AND DESIGNS FOR PUBLIC ENEMY ACTION FIGURES, WITH ORIGINAL SET OF ACTION FIGURES
20 pencil and ink figurine designs on graph paper, and stiff paper (ranging in size from 8 1/2 by 11 to 9 by 12 inches), each signed "Ed Piskor 2020", [With] 3 box design sketches, and a Public Enemy Action Figure Set, (overall: 7 1/8 by 11 x 3 1/2 inches), Press Pop Inc, 2015. Signed "Ed Piskor 2020" on the top left, unopened. Scattered minor handling wear.
"One of my foreign publishers, Presspop, is the Fantagraphics of Japan, meaning they have excellent taste and put a lot of love into every aspect of the things they produce. When they hit me up with the offer to design Public Enemy action figures — my all-time favorite rap group — I couldn’t say 'no.'
The most iconic era of P.E. would probably be around the time of the “Fight The Power” music video, so that’s the general period I aimed for with the designs. There were about four different Flavor Flavs that I made before deciding on which one I wanted to go with. I chose this one because it had the most articulation in the arms and legs when finally constructed.
The thought with these pieces was to imagine Public Enemy as a Saturday morning cartoon team. Just a few fun images meant to convey some of the personality that they established on the records and in music videos."
REFERENCE:
Illustrated: Ed Piskor: The Fantagraphics Studio Edition, pp. 174-179
PROVENANCE: Courtesy Ed Piskor
Upper estimate price exceeded by 26 %.
The work Original Artwork & Designs For Public Enemy Action Figures, W/ Original Set Of Action Figures by Ed Piskor was sold in the Hip Hop auction at Sothebys in New York in September 2020. It achieved a price of USD 11,340.00 (€ 9,677.42), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 26%. Other works by Ed Piskor have achieved even higher prices, we observed the highest auction result so far of USD 12,600.00 (€ 10,752.69) in September 2020 for the work Original Slipcase Art For Volumes 3 & 4 Of "The Hip Hop Family Tree", 2015.
Oberer Schätzpreis um 26 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Original Artwork & Designs For Public Enemy Action Figures, W/ Original Set Of Action Figures von Ed Piskor wurde im September 2020 in der Auktion Hip Hop bei Sothebys in New York versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 11.340,00 (€ 9.677,42) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 26%. Andere Arbeiten von Ed Piskor haben noch höhere Preise erzielt - wir haben das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis von USD 12.600,00 (€ 10.752,69) im September 2020 für die Arbeit Original Slipcase Art For Volumes 3 & 4 Of "The Hip Hop Family Tree", 2015 beobachtet.
Ed Piskor - Auction history
Other artists in this auction
![Phase 2 - [Logo Sculpture], 2002.](/images/phase-2_logo-sculpture-2002_AID176366_320x320.jpg){kind=logo}
