Tuesday, November 25, 2008

REVEALED: Limited Edition Graffiti History Posters

Here it is: the Sneak Preview of the four Limited Edition Graffiti Posters.

They were printed back in 1988 by Offset Printing Company “De Grafische Haarlem” in The Netherlands.

The original masterworks are part of a famous big Dutch New York Graffiti Collection and have been part of some of the big graffiti museum shows during the eighties and nineties (like Museum Boymans van Beuningen The Netherlands, Museum Louisiana Denmark, Museum Ludwig Germany, Groninger Museum The Netherlands, etc.).

As such they mark a significant moment in the development of the artists and of the graffiti movement as a whole, as in the eighties the graffiti writers started to evolve their work from the subway into the artworld.

The involved collector has documented this period and the development of the artists and their individual styles in these four posters that give a highly detailed representation of the original artworks.

Collectors can pre-registrate for launch date on a Priority Notification List on http://www.thegraffiticollection.com .

December Graffiti Street Art Auctions

December shows 2 major Graffiti Street Art auctions.

The rise in popularity of old school New York Graffiti Art is seen in the growing number of auctions in the big auction houses Artcurial, Paris and Sotheby's Amsterdam.

Building on the success of the Artcurial auction last February 2008 - with record prices for works of Crash, Futura 2000, Blade, Quik, Dondi White a.o. - the following auctions will take place in December:

Sotheby's Amsterdam will do a thematic Graffiti Art auction within it's Contemporary Art Auction of December 3rd featuring historical works from graffiti artists Crash, Blade, Quik and Dondi.












Blade, Untitled 1984.

Estimated price €12.000-15.000


Artcurial Paris has a big Graffiti Art only auction on December 15th in Paris featuring New York- and French Graffiti Artists.














Crash, Lush Daggers 1990.

Estimated Price €30.000-40.000




















Jef Aérosol, Sittin' Kid 2006.

Estimated Price: €3.500-4.000



For a free graffiti history course: http://www.historyofgraffitiart.com