200
Peter Saul
Amboosh
- Estimate
- $4,000 - 6,000
$5,040
Lot Details
Lithograph in colors, on Arjomari paper, the full sheet.
1975
S. 30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm)
Signed and numbered 'P.P.I' in pencil (a printer's proof, the edition was 50 and 9 artist's proofs), published by Landfall Press, Inc., Chicago (with their inkstamp on the reverse), framed.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
“Not to be shocking means to agree to be furniture” — Peter Saul
Amboosh is arguably Peter Saul's greatest print, and Angela Davis is not far behind. His virtuosity as a painter, draughtsman, and image-maker is immediately apparent. Seducing the viewer to look more and look longer. His virtuosity as a storyteller is deceptive.
Which side is he on? Who’s story is he telling?
Amboosh - our western troops in Asia. Young Americans lost in a war where no one has the answer.
We all cringe as our own and past histories confront us and scramble to self-censor before we forget these are artworks.
Amboosh is arguably Peter Saul's greatest print, and Angela Davis is not far behind. His virtuosity as a painter, draughtsman, and image-maker is immediately apparent. Seducing the viewer to look more and look longer. His virtuosity as a storyteller is deceptive.
Which side is he on? Who’s story is he telling?
Amboosh - our western troops in Asia. Young Americans lost in a war where no one has the answer.
We all cringe as our own and past histories confront us and scramble to self-censor before we forget these are artworks.