Everything aside, $150-$250 for lithographs of this age and quality from such an esteemed publisher seems like a fair price to me. Exhibition posters sell for more than that. A shame '0-9' sold out so fast, strongest one for me.

All well and good and any time.
I would say in fair play, also don't insult mine intelligence and conveniently ignore or pretend you posted that auction frame up as a "good example" of what they look like framed and you don't see dollar signs. That would be disingenuous. That frame up was ugly and the only thing that link had to offer was the potential for a quick buck. Hell maybe it does! You're a very good speculator and mover of art!! Anyway,. I think it's rad you found these and shared with the community. It's 100x more than I've ever contributed. If lightening strikes twice and you find some similar Rauschenberg prints feel free to share.

I'll meet you in the middle, and admit that posting that auction was probably in poor form. However, I thought the frame job was awesome and will be doing mine the same. Also, I genuinely wasn't trying to hype. I have no stake in ulae, just wanted to share what they looked like framed (next time I will simply post the photo).

If your game, id love to hit the lacma and swap stories. The best part of this hobby for me is learning about the art history aspect. Like I said, I still don't "get" or really even understand JJ (even after reading some very well articulated posts in this thread), but maybe it's just a matter of taste. All I know is I love my country, despite its flaws, and those flag images are really representative of my personal feelings on patriotism. Hell, maybe I'm starting to understand his work after all!

Who is Uale shipping through in the US? Did they need to be signed for? Thx, happy weekend folks. EC

Go on and get it, worse case is you don't like it and can pass it on at no loss or you love it and are glad you pushed that button

Late to the party, bought Flags I and III. Thanks OP!


If anyone doesn't like their Flags II and wants to help me complete the triptych, please PM!

I love the flags; it's like a Jasper Johns x Rothko collab

very cool to own something from the time period, printed with the same process and 'authorized' etc. - market value aside it has a lot of the appeal of an original print for me personally

I reckon you got the 3 strongest prints there. 0-9 is def top of the list and I'm now feeling a bit gutted for not buying one before they sold out

Also quite a few "urban artists" are just professional mural artists that paint on legal walls and also graphic designers who design and make prints. These are represented and sold by galleries usually.

Plus a lot of urban artists who make a living from it and sell prints take inspiration and ideas from pop art and other art movements and from artists such as Rothko, Indiana, Picasso, Dali, from advertising and corporate branding too, etc etc etc.

There are categories on here for Hirst and Emin as well. Peter Blake is well discussed on here. Fairey made some illegal paste ups years and years ago and his churning out of formulaic graphic designed prints nowadays is as far removed from graffiti and urban art as one can get. I know he still does big wall but in reality it's just billboards advertising the Fairey brand.

I cannot see how one can appreciate urban art and buy the prints without also appreciating the artists who made art decades ago in many cases who inspire todays urban artists.

It has sparked an educational interest in me as well. Last night I noticed that these were printed on the original type of paper that was used to print the originals so not all of them are the same. I found myself looking up the different types of paper and how and where they were made. Just fascinating the thought process that went into these prints, well at least I enjoy it but I'm kind of weird that way. 

he did a portrait of him as well ;-)

Cool video Ploppi. Sounds like the prints in this thread are briefly discussed in the following video:

To anyone who thinks these prints are just glorified posters, all I can say is you are sooooo wrong. These are very nice prints with a lot of art history and I for one am very glad I jumped in on them. These are the first three but I went back and got the whole set which will hopefully be delivered next week. I love the contrast between False Start 1&2 but I think 'Painting with Two Balls' is exceptional as well. This pic doesn't really do them justice. Thanks for posting the videos Ploppi and Probored as it really is interesting in learning more about different printing processes.

Second video is superb. Thanks for sharing