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Raymond Pettibon b. 1957 No Title (The Glows I…) signed and dated ’91 (on the verso) ink on paper 30 by 22 ¼ in. 76.2 by 56.5 cm. Executed in 1991.

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<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Raymond%20Pettibon&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Raymond Pettibon</a> and <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=marcel%20dzama&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Marcel Dzama</a> collaborative zine, with a signed drawing on the reverse.<ul><li>Raymond Pettibon (American).</li><li>Marcel Dzama (Canadian).</li><li>New York: Zwirner Books, 2015.</li><li>Softcover.</li><li>With color and black and white illustrations.</li><li>Part of an edition of 200.</li><li>Ink drawing on the reverse, signed by both artists.</li></ul> Featuring an original signed collaborative drawing by the duo on the back cover of this limited edition collaborative zine, the drawing playfully explores Dzama and Pettibon's love for baseball ("All our Bats"). Dzama / Pettibon is the first collaborative zine between Marcel Dzama and Raymond Pettibon. It was issued at Printed Matter's 2015 New York Art Book Fair and contains a series of corpse drawings produced by the duo. The zine quickly sold out and was reprinted when David Zwirner held a successive collaboration of Dzama and Pettibon called "Forgetting the Hand" in 2016. Having emerged from the Southern California DIY culture and its punk-rock sensibility, Raymond Pettibon fuses together youthful edginess and political engagement. Drawing from disparate cultural sources—from Marcel Proust to the Bible—the artist’s cartoon-inspired ink drawings on unframed paper recall the look of fanzines and concert flyers, however with an often cryptic semblance of narrative. More recently, Pettibon’s works have been a sustained critique of the Iraq War and American foreign policy, such as No Title ("Why press him?") (2007), which depicts George W. Bush with bloodied hands and surrounded by pointed, ironic commentary. Pettibon was a recipient of the Whitney's Bucksbaum award in 2004. Often compared to outsider artist Henry Darger, Marcel Dzama’s small ink and watercolor drawings of hybrid characters, resemble story illustrations. Interspersed with a range of references including Surrealist film, Dadaism and Soviet-era prop art, his work more often recalls folk and craft storytelling traditions. Dzama also works in sculpture and video and has experimented with puppetry and costumes. His work has been used as cover art for bands such as They Might Be Giants, Beck, and The Weakerthans; and his costume designs have been seen in music videos, including the video for the Bob Dylan’s When the Deal Goes Down.

Dzama / Pettibon Zine with Signed Drawing

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=punk+flyer&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">punk flyer</a> for a performance by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Black+Flag&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Black Flag</a> in 1983.<ul><li>After Raymond Pettibon (American, born 1957).</li><li>Produced for a performance by Black Flag in Santa Monica at Civic Auditorium, Jun 11, 1983. </li><li>Post-marked 1983 on verso.</li><li>Printed Pettibon signature on lower right.</li><li>SST stamp on verso.</li><li>Offset printed.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul>

Black Flag Punk Flyer

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Punk%20flyers&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Punk flyers</a> designed by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Raymond%20Pettibon&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Raymond Pettibon</a> of the band <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Black%20Flag&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Black Flag</a>.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 2.</li><li>Raymond Pettibon (American, born 1957).</li><li>Each published by SST Records; 1982 and 1984 respectively.</li><li>Published on the occasion of: Black Flag &amp; Saccharine Trust at the Whiskey, August 14th, 1982; and Black Flag with the Ramones &amp; Minutemen at the Hollywood Palladium, November 17, 1984.&nbsp;</li><li>Offset printed.</li><li>These works are presented unframed.</li></ul> Raymond Pettibon’s work embraces a wide spectrum of American “high” and “low” culture, from the deviations of marginal youth to art history, literature, sports, religion, politics, and sexuality. Taking their points of departure in the Southern California punk-rock culture of the late 1970's and 80's and the “do-it-yourself” aesthetic of album covers, concert flyers, comics and fanzines that characterized the movement, his drawings have come to occupy their own genre of powerful and dynamic American commentary.

Black Flag Punk Music Flyers

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=punk%20flyer&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">punk flyer</a> designed by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Raymond%20Pettibon&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Raymond Pettibon</a> for a performance of the bands Black Flag, Stains, Youth Gone Mad, Caustic Cause, and Fear at Devonshire Downs, Sep 11, 1981.<ul><li>After Raymond Pettibon (American, born 1957).</li><li>Off-set printed punk flyer.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul> Raymond Pettibon popularized the American punk aesthetic with his designs that captured the riotous and chaotic character of punk such as this Black Flag flyer. In your face and rebellious, Black Flag defined American punk with their destructive energy and spontaneity evoked here in the black and white designs, making the portraits reverberate both visually &amp; contextually.

Black Flag Punk Music Flyer

A punk flyer advertising The Dead Kennedys and The Circle Jerks in concert.<ul><li>Raymond Pettibon (American, b. 1957).</li><li>Produced for the occasion of the bands concert at The Whisky A Go Go in August, 1980.</li><li>Offset Printed.</li></ul>

The Dead Kennedys and The Circle Jerks Punk Flyer

A collection of vintage <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Raymond%20Pettibon&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Raymond Pettibon</a> <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=exhibition%20announcement%20cards&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">exhibition announcement cards</a>.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 6.</li><li>After Raymond Pettibon (American, born 1957).</li><li>Offset printed cards.</li><li>Published on the occasions of the following exhibitions:</li><li>Ikon LTD./Kay Richards, 1999.</li><li>Feature 1993.</li><li>Macba 2002.</li><li>Regen Projects 2006.</li><li>Santa Monica: Museum of Modern Art 2001.</li><li>David Zwirner 1997.</li><li>Each is presented unframed.</li></ul> "The only way you could let people know a show was happening was through an announcement or a poster. The art world was also much smaller at the time, so if you mailed out 200 invites, you were reaching a good core of the art world." (Rosen). Raymond Pettibon&nbsp;is a contemporary American artist known for his stylized ink drawings combining images and text. His inventive narratives blend historical content with consumer culture to yield incisive critiques of contemporary society. “I was making my work as transparent as possible, without equivocations, without calling attention to itself, without apology,” he explained. “There's a lot of conventions in the art world that are not to be transgressed, but my economy of means doesn't abide by those strictures.” Born Raymond Ginn on June 16, 1957 in Tucson, AZ, the artist is self-taught, but cites drawings by&nbsp;William Blake,&nbsp;Edward Hopper,&nbsp;Francisco Goya, and&nbsp;John Sloan&nbsp;as instructive to his practice. Deriving inspiration from comics, cartoons, and other pop culture iconography, Pettibon began designing album covers and ephemera for his brother’s band Black Flag in the mid-1970s. He went on to produce cover art for Sonic Youth, the Minutemen, and the Foo Fighters. In 2017, the artist was the subject of the major retrospective “Raymond Pettibon: A Pen of All Work,” held at the New Museum in New York, where he currently lives and works. Today, his works can be found in the collections of the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the Tate Gallery in London, among others.

Raymond Pettibon Exhibition Announcement Cards

A flyer for a performance by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Black%20Flag&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Black Flag</a>, Circle One, Saint Vitus, and the Nig-Heist, featuring artwork by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Raymond%20Pettibon&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Raymond Pettibon</a>.<ul><li>After Raymond Pettibon (American, born 1957).</li><li>Produced for a performance at Dancing Waters on August 6, 1982.</li><li>Offset-printed in black and white.</li><li>Plate signed by Pettibon.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul> Pettibon caption reads: "I feel better already." Between the years 1978 and 1986 Raymond Pettibon (aka, Raymond Pettibone; St. Pettibone) produced a now historic amassment of graphic works for the seminal Southern California punk band Black Flag. Published mostly by SST Records - founded by Pettibon's brother and Black Flag guitarist, Greg Ginn, these works shed valuable light on the origin and development of Pettibon’s thematic interests and style; not to mention his evolution into one of the most important artist’s of his generation.

Raymond Pettibon Black Flag Punk Flyer

A flyer for concert by the bands Black Flag, DOA, Descendents and Wasted Youth, featuring artwork by Raymond Pettibon.<ul><li>Raymond Pettibon (American, b. 1957).</li><li>Offset printed&nbsp;on paper.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul>

Black Flag Concert Flyer

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=punk+flyer&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">punk flyer</a> advertising a performance of <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Black+Flag&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Black Flag</a>, designed by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Raymond+Pettibon&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Raymond Pettibon</a>.<ul><li>After Raymond Pettibon (American, born 1957).</li><li>Published on the occasion of: Black Flag, Saccharine Trust, The Minutemen, Plebes, Adolescents, and Channel3, February 26-27th and March 5th, 1982.</li><li>Pettibon caption reads: "Will I turn you on or will I turn on you?"</li><li>Unsigned, from an edition of unknown size.</li><li>Offset printed flyer.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul> Flea, the Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist once said of Pettibon's Black Flag illustrations and iconic logo: "Before I knew what Black Flag was I remember walking around Hollywood and seeing Raymond's flyers and being like, 'What the fuck is that?'… Those flyers made me feel like something is going on and it's romantic and it's mysterious and it's heavy and I don't know what it is but I wanna know." Between the years 1978 and 1986 Raymond Pettibon (aka, Raymond Pettibone; St. Pettibone) produced a now historic amassment of graphic works for the seminal Southern California punk band Black Flag. Published mostly by SST Records - founded by Pettibon's brother and Black Flag guitarist, Greg Ginn, these works shed valuable light on the origin and development of Pettibon’s thematic interests &amp; style; not to mention his evolution into one of the most important artist’s of his generation.

A collection of announcement cards and a fold-out poster with artwork by Raymond Pettibon.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 5.</li><li>Includes four announcement cards and one publication featuring a fold-out poster.</li><li>Includes the following:</li><li>"Raymond Pettibon," Feature gallery, New York, NY, February 18–March 18, 1989.</li><li>"Raymond Pettibon," A&amp;P Gallery Closing Announcement, New York, NY, October 3, 1986.</li><li>Raymond Pettibon Poster, "Super Session Rules," 1993, in Picturebook Art quarterly.</li><li>"Raymond Pettibon: The Santa Monica Museum of Arts," 2001.</li><li>"Raymond Pettibon Printed Matter," 2014.</li></ul>

Raymond Pettibon Announcement Cards and Poster

A folding double-sided flyer advertising the band Black Flag's records and Raymond Pettibon books.<ul><li>Raymond Pettibon (American, b. 1957).</li><li>Published by SST Records in 1985.</li><li>Pettibon credit appears on reverse side.</li><li>Offset printed.</li></ul> Between the years 1978 and 1986, Raymond Pettibon produced a now historic amassment of graphic works for the seminal Southern California punk band Black Flag. Published mostly by SST Records—founded by Pettibon's brother and Black Flag guitarist Greg Ginn—these works shed valuable light on the origin and development of Pettibon’s thematic interests and style, not to mention his evolution into one of the most important artists of his generation.

Raymond Pettibon Black Flag Merchandise Flyer

Raymond Pettibon: Untitled (what so powerful), 1991, ink and watercolor on paper, 19 by 26 in. 48.3 by 66 cm.

Untitled (What so powerful)

Exhibition Announcement cards with artwork by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Raymond+Pettibon&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Raymond Pettibon</a>.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 6.</li><li>After Raymond Pettibon (American, born 1957).</li><li>Published between 1993-2006.</li><li>Offset printed.</li><li>Each is presented unframed.</li></ul> Published on the occasion of the following Pettibon exhibitions:<ul><li>Ikon LTD./Kay Richards, 1999</li><li>Feature 1993</li><li>Macba 2002</li><li>Regen Projects 2006</li><li>Santa Monica: Museum of Modern Art 2001</li><li>David Zwirner 1997</li></ul>

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