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Offset lithograph in colors on wove paper - Hand-signed and numbered and dated by the artist in pencil

Richard Prince's Fulton Ryder After Dark (2012) is a limited edition offset lithograph that showcases his fascination with pulp fiction aesthetics and cultural appropriation. The piece features a reproduction of a vintage book cover, with the central image depicting a dramatic scene of a distressed woman. Rendered in vibrant colors against a deep blue backdrop, the artwork captures the essence of mid-20th-century paperback illustrations. To the right of the main image, Prince includes a smaller version of the book cover, mimicking a commercial format and emphasizing the piece's intertextual nature. This double presentation highlights Prince’s play with visual repetition and appropriation, a technique he frequently employs to critique and reinterpret cultural artifacts. The lithograph is hand-signed, numbered, and dated by the artist, confirming its status as part of an exclusive, limited run.

Richard Prince (USA, 1949) is a pioneering contemporary artist known for his provocative appropriation art. By rephotographing advertisements, altering pop culture imagery, and exploring themes of authorship, identity, and consumerism, Prince challenges notions of originality and artistic ownership. His controversial works are pivotal in the discourse on modern art.

Richard Prince

Fulton Ryder After Dark, 2012

Name: Fulton Ryder After Dark, 2012
SKU: 12430
Price: 5950.00 GBP
Availability: InStock

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Limited Edition Print

Limited Edition PrintA limited edition print is one of a number of prints made at the same time from one printmaking plate. A fixed number are made and signed by the artist, indicating the printing order, using the format 1/10, meaning first of ten prints.

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Offset Print

Offset PrintOffset lithography is a printing technique where the inked image is first transferred (offset) from a plate to a rubber blanket and then to the printing surface. This method combines the lithographic process, which relies on the repulsion of water and oil, to keep non-printing areas ink-free by attracting a water-based film. Offset lithography was originally developed to reduce costs in reproducing artwork and is widely used for high-volume printing due to its efficiency and ability to produce sharp, consistent images.

Edition

Edition of 100

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My studio is the only place I feel good in. There, I'm fearless; outside, I'm a mess.
- Richard Prince

Renowned for his use of appropriated imagery, Richard Prince is a painter and photographer whose works often reimagine existing photographs and media in an attempt to encourage the viewer to look at them from a different perspective – his Cowboy series features several ‘rephotographs’ (a photograph of a photograph) of the original Marlboro cigarette adverts that featured a lone cowboy; in choosing such an iconic subject, Prince hopes to strip it of context and simultaneously celebrate and expose it as a false construct. Asides from his ‘rephotography’, Prince has also created an extensive body of ‘joke paintings’ - the jokes are usually simple and rely on a punchline, one such example being “I never had a penny to my name, so I changed my name.” Prince was in inspired by the work of Jackson Pollock from an early age, noting that he was drawn to someone who was “fairly antisocial, kind of a loner, someone who was noncollaborative” - he was also inspired by the painting techniques of Willem de Kooning. (Artist website)

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Fulton Ryder After Dark, 2012

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