Ed Piskor
"Slick Rick". Original Art For Pin-Up In Volume 2 Of "The Hip Hop Family Tree", 2015
Estimate: 3.000 - 5.000 USD
Price realised: 3.024 USD
Price realised: 3.024 USD
Description
ED PISKOR
"SLICK RICK". ORIGINAL ART FOR PINUP IN VOLUME 2 OF THE HIP HOP FAMILY TREE, 2015
Pencil and ink on stiff paper (17 by 11 inches), signed "Ed Piskor 2020" at center left; minor handling wear to verso.
"I’ve become enchanted with the drawing trick of having the characters standing on the horizon line. What I like about it is you could draw a giant shoe in the immediate foreground and a super tiny person in the background and as long as they’re standing on that horizon line, the perspective is accurate."
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. 156
PROVENANCE: Courtesy Ed Piskor
"SLICK RICK". ORIGINAL ART FOR PINUP IN VOLUME 2 OF THE HIP HOP FAMILY TREE, 2015
Pencil and ink on stiff paper (17 by 11 inches), signed "Ed Piskor 2020" at center left; minor handling wear to verso.
"I’ve become enchanted with the drawing trick of having the characters standing on the horizon line. What I like about it is you could draw a giant shoe in the immediate foreground and a super tiny person in the background and as long as they’re standing on that horizon line, the perspective is accurate."
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. 156
PROVENANCE: Courtesy Ed Piskor
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work "Slick Rick". Original Art For Pin-Up In Volume 2 Of "The Hip Hop Family Tree", 2015 by Ed Piskor was sold in the Hip Hop auction at Sothebys in New York in September 2020. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of USD 3,000.00 – 5,000.00, the actual price achieved of USD 3,024.00 (€ 2,580.65) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. 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 "Slick Rick". Original Art For Pin-Up In Volume 2 Of "The Hip Hop Family Tree", 2015 von Ed Piskor wurde im September 2020 in der Auktion Hip Hop bei Sothebys in New York versteigert. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von USD 3.000,00 – 5.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von USD 3.024,00 (€ 2.580,65) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. 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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