Ed Piskor
"Ramellzee & Basquiat". Original Artwork From Page 75, Volume 2 Of "The Hip Hop Family Tree", 2015
Estimate: 2.000 - 3.000 USD
Price realised: 2.520 USD
Price realised: 2.520 USD
Description
ED PISKOR
"RAMELLZEE AND BASQUIAT". ORIGINAL ARTWORK FROM PAGE 75, VOLUME 2 OF THE HIP HOP FAMILY TREE, 2015
Pencil, ink, and marker on stiff paper (17 by 11 inches), signed "Ed Piskor 2020" at bottom.
"I think this first panel portrait of Rammellzee might be my favorite drawing in HHFT (I wonder how many other times I might have said that in this book). His contentious relationship with Jean-Michel Basquiat was fun to explore. They’d make for an amazing buddy movie."
From Fantagraphics, the publisher:
Hip Hop Family Tree Book 2: 1981-1983. The second installment of this acclaimed graphic novel hip-hop history (originally serialized on the popular website Boing Boing) covers the years 1981-1983.
Covering the early years of 1981-1983, Hip Hop has made a big transition from the parks and rec rooms to downtown clubs and vinyl records. The performers make moves to separate themselves from the paying customers by dressing more and more flamboyant until a young group called RUN-DMC comes on the scene to take things back to the streets. This volume covers hits like Afrika Bambaataa’s Planet Rock, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five’s the
REFERENCE:
Illustrated: Ed Piskor: The Fantagraphics Studio Edition, p. 70 PROVENANCE:
"RAMELLZEE AND BASQUIAT". ORIGINAL ARTWORK FROM PAGE 75, VOLUME 2 OF THE HIP HOP FAMILY TREE, 2015
Pencil, ink, and marker on stiff paper (17 by 11 inches), signed "Ed Piskor 2020" at bottom.
"I think this first panel portrait of Rammellzee might be my favorite drawing in HHFT (I wonder how many other times I might have said that in this book). His contentious relationship with Jean-Michel Basquiat was fun to explore. They’d make for an amazing buddy movie."
From Fantagraphics, the publisher:
Hip Hop Family Tree Book 2: 1981-1983. The second installment of this acclaimed graphic novel hip-hop history (originally serialized on the popular website Boing Boing) covers the years 1981-1983.
Covering the early years of 1981-1983, Hip Hop has made a big transition from the parks and rec rooms to downtown clubs and vinyl records. The performers make moves to separate themselves from the paying customers by dressing more and more flamboyant until a young group called RUN-DMC comes on the scene to take things back to the streets. This volume covers hits like Afrika Bambaataa’s Planet Rock, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five’s the
REFERENCE:
Illustrated: Ed Piskor: The Fantagraphics Studio Edition, p. 70 PROVENANCE:
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work "Ramellzee & Basquiat". Original Artwork From Page 75, Volume 2 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 2,520.00 (€ 2,150.54) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as USD 2,000.00 – 3,000.00. Admittedly, works by Ed Piskor have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Original Slipcase Art For Volumes 3 & 4 Of "The Hip Hop Family Tree", 2015 in September 2020 with an auction result of USD 12,600.00 (€ 10,752.69).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit "Ramellzee & Basquiat". Original Artwork From Page 75, Volume 2 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 2.520,00 (€ 2.150,54) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit USD 2.000,00 – 3.000,00 angegeben worden. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Ed Piskor auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Original Slipcase Art For Volumes 3 & 4 Of "The Hip Hop Family Tree", 2015 im September 2020 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 12.600,00 (€ 10.752,69).
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