Ed Piskor
Original Slipcase Art For Volumes 3 & 4 Of "The Hip Hop Family Tree", 2015
Estimate: 10.000 - 15.000 USD
Price realised: 12.600 USD
Price realised: 12.600 USD
Description
ED PISKOR
ORIGINAL SLIPCASE ART FOR VOLUMES 3 & 4 OF THE HIP HOP FAMILY TREE, 2015
Pencil and ink with numerous small printed acrylic overlays on stiff paper (two joined sheets, overall 10 by 22 inches); joined on verso with three pieces of tape.
"This piece was inspired by the Hernandez brothers’ cover to Love and Rockets Vol. I #50. It was originally done for my second Free Comic Book Day comic. On a Friday, Eric Reynolds and I discovered we needed a cover by Monday. I spent that day looking through my stuff for inspiration hoping to find a beautiful, single character composition to steal, but once I saw the cover to L&R #50 I put on the coffee and turned my phone off for the weekend.
From Fantagraphics, the publisher:"Hip Hop Family Tree Book 3: 1983-1984. The third volume of the popular webcomic tells the true story of hip-hoppers The Beastie Boys, Run DMC, The Fat Boys, and many more.
Ed Piskor’s acclaimed graphic novel series continues! Book 3 highlights Run DMC’s rise to fame and introduces unassailable acts like Whodini, The Fat Boys, Slick Rick, and Doug E Fresh. The Beastie Boys become a rap group. Rick Rubin meets Russell Simmons to form Def Jam. The famous TV pilot to the dance show Graffiti Rock and the documentaries Style Wars and Breakin’ and Enterin’ are all highlighted in this comprehensive volume spanning
"Hip Hop Family Tree Book 4: 1984-1985. In the latest volume of the history of hip-hop told in graphic novel form, we are introduced to characters such as Dr. Dre, Will Smith, Salt-N-Pepa (some of whom were featured in the hit summer movie, Straight Out of Compton), and many more.
Book 4 charts the rise of Dr. Dre and Def Jam records, and introduces new branches on the "tree": Will Smith, Salt-N-Pepa, Rakim, and Biz Markie. This volume is also jam-packed with films Hollywood released in an attempt to cash in on the phenomenon, like Breakin’, Breakin’ 2 Electric Boogaloo, Beat Street, Krush Groove and more."
REFERENCE: Illustrated: Ed Piskor: The Fantagraphics Studio Edition, p. 133
ORIGINAL SLIPCASE ART FOR VOLUMES 3 & 4 OF THE HIP HOP FAMILY TREE, 2015
Pencil and ink with numerous small printed acrylic overlays on stiff paper (two joined sheets, overall 10 by 22 inches); joined on verso with three pieces of tape.
"This piece was inspired by the Hernandez brothers’ cover to Love and Rockets Vol. I #50. It was originally done for my second Free Comic Book Day comic. On a Friday, Eric Reynolds and I discovered we needed a cover by Monday. I spent that day looking through my stuff for inspiration hoping to find a beautiful, single character composition to steal, but once I saw the cover to L&R #50 I put on the coffee and turned my phone off for the weekend.
From Fantagraphics, the publisher:"Hip Hop Family Tree Book 3: 1983-1984. The third volume of the popular webcomic tells the true story of hip-hoppers The Beastie Boys, Run DMC, The Fat Boys, and many more.
Ed Piskor’s acclaimed graphic novel series continues! Book 3 highlights Run DMC’s rise to fame and introduces unassailable acts like Whodini, The Fat Boys, Slick Rick, and Doug E Fresh. The Beastie Boys become a rap group. Rick Rubin meets Russell Simmons to form Def Jam. The famous TV pilot to the dance show Graffiti Rock and the documentaries Style Wars and Breakin’ and Enterin’ are all highlighted in this comprehensive volume spanning
"Hip Hop Family Tree Book 4: 1984-1985. In the latest volume of the history of hip-hop told in graphic novel form, we are introduced to characters such as Dr. Dre, Will Smith, Salt-N-Pepa (some of whom were featured in the hit summer movie, Straight Out of Compton), and many more.
Book 4 charts the rise of Dr. Dre and Def Jam records, and introduces new branches on the "tree": Will Smith, Salt-N-Pepa, Rakim, and Biz Markie. This volume is also jam-packed with films Hollywood released in an attempt to cash in on the phenomenon, like Breakin’, Breakin’ 2 Electric Boogaloo, Beat Street, Krush Groove and more."
REFERENCE: Illustrated: Ed Piskor: The Fantagraphics Studio Edition, p. 133
A top price for Ed Piskor - as previously expected
The work Original Slipcase Art For Volumes 3 & 4 Of "The Hip Hop Family Tree", 2015 by Ed Piskor was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in September 2020. The price achieved of USD 12,600.00 (€ 10,752.69) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as USD 10,000.00 – 15,000.00. Even if this result could not surprise positively, Original Slipcase Art For Volumes 3 & 4 Of "The Hip Hop Family Tree", 2015 is the most expensive artwork by Ed Piskor that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis mit Ansage
Die Arbeit Original Slipcase Art For Volumes 3 & 4 Of "The Hip Hop Family Tree", 2015 von Ed Piskor kam im September 2020 bei Sothebys in New York zur Auktion. Der dabei erzielte Preis von USD 12.600,00 (€ 10.752,69) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit USD 10.000,00 – 15.000,00 angegeben worden. Auch wenn das Ergebnis damit nicht positiv überraschen konnte, ist Original Slipcase Art For Volumes 3 & 4 Of "The Hip Hop Family Tree", 2015 das teuerste Kunstwerk von Ed Piskor, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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