Items Similar to Hand-signed "Taxi Pretzel" lithograph from 1971 "No Gas" portfolio by Red Grooms
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 10
Red GroomsHand-signed "Taxi Pretzel" lithograph from 1971 "No Gas" portfolio by Red Grooms1971
1971
About the Item
"Taxi Pretzel" lithograph by Red Grooms from 1971 "No Gas" portfolio. Hand-signed Red Grooms AP on bottom of shoe on lower right corner. Image size: 27 1/4 x 21 1/2 inches.
- Creator:Red Grooms (1937, American)
- Creation Year:1971
- Dimensions:Height: 34.125 in (86.68 cm)Width: 28.5 in (72.39 cm)
- Medium:
- Movement & Style:
- Period:
- Condition:Small chip on lower right front corner of frame. Some pencil markings on frame backing paper. (See detail images.).
- Gallery Location:Boca Raton, FL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1554211689462
Red Grooms
Charles Roger Grooms was born in 1937 in Nashville, Tennessee, a city that, with its lively honky-tonk scene and the theatricality of the historic Grand Ole Opry, would later influence much of his work. Nicknamed for his ginger hair, Red enrolled at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1955. A self-proclaimed “restless and undisciplined student,” Grooms spent the next few years moving between schools and cities, including the New School in New York, Peabody College (now part of Vanderbilt University) in Nashville, and Hans Hofmann’s summer school in Provincetown, Massachusetts. Frustrated with the academic track and anxious to enter the New York art scene, Grooms abandoned formal education to focus exclusively on creating art and securing exhibition opportunities in his Chelsea neighborhood. There, he found quick success and a supportive circle of artists that became close friends and collaborators. From the start of his career, Grooms has worked in multiple media, from painting, printmaking, and sculpture, to installation art, filmmaking, and theatrical experiences known as “Happenings.” Much of his art blurs the boundaries between these different forms, such as his large-scale, carefully-crafted environments he calls “sculpto-pictoramas,” and smaller objects like Dalí Salad. In this example, Grooms combines silkscreened and lithographic elements with a wooden base and acrylic dome to create a three-dimensional portrait of the famous Surrealist artist. Grooms is perhaps best known for his colorful and comedic commentary on the culture, politics, and figures associated with the American urban environment and art historical traditions. Relying on satire and caricature, Grooms’ art has paid homage to a wide range of artists including Rembrandt, Auguste Rodin, Thomas Eakins, and Benjamin West, as well as national icons like Thomas Jefferson and Chuck Berry. Grooms’ disparate output is so difficult to classify that he has been compared to the influential Dada artist, Marcel Duchamp. Like Duchamp, Grooms often deliberately confronts the art world establishment, noting in 1974 that “it’s good to have . . . something to go against.” Despite his affinity for defying the mainstream, Grooms is routinely cited by scholars as one of the leading American artists of his generation and was honored with the National Academy of Design’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003. The subject of a 1984 mid-career retrospective exhibition held at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the artist’s work can be found in public collections across the United States, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, as well as in many international museums. - The Johnson Collection, Spartanburg, South Carolina
About the Seller
5.0
Vetted Seller
These experienced sellers undergo a comprehensive evaluation by our team of in-house experts.
Established in 1979
1stDibs seller since 2021
72 sales on 1stDibs
Typical response time: 4 hours
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: Boca Raton, FL
- Return PolicyThis item cannot be returned.
More From This SellerView All
- De Haan Kiss offset lithograph by Massimo Vitali. Published by Steidl Verlag.By Massimo VitaliLocated in Boca Raton, FL"De Haan Kiss" from "A Portfolio of Landscapes and Figures" offset lithograph. Image of swimmers in pool under dome. Massimo Vitali Steidl Verlag, Götting...Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Prints
MaterialsLithograph, Offset
- "Slushing" hand-signed lithograph by Red Grooms from the 1971 "No Gas" portfolioBy Red GroomsLocated in Boca Raton, FL"Slushing" lithograph by Red Grooms from 1971 "No Gas" portfolio. Signed AP at bottom of blue umbrella in center of image and Red Grooms on shoe in lower right corner. Depicts people...Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- Hand-signed "Local" lithograph by Red Grooms from the 1971 "No Gas" portfolioBy Red GroomsLocated in Boca Raton, FL"Local" lithograph by Red Grooms from the 1971 "No Gas" portfolio. Hand-signed AP Red Grooms in policeman's left shoe in bottom lower right of image. Depicts people on subway.Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- Hand-signed and numbered "Rat" lithograph from "No Gas Portfolio" by Red GroomsBy Red GroomsLocated in Boca Raton, FL"Rat" lithograph from 1971 "No Gas" portfolio by Red Grooms. Hand-signed AP Red Grooms inside blue of Clorox bottle on front lower right. Image size: 22 x 27 1/2 inches. Depicts a N...Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- "The Guggenheim, 10 Independents" 1972 AP lithograph hand-signed by Red GroomsBy Red GroomsLocated in Boca Raton, FL"The Guggenheim, 10 Independents" 1972 lithograph hand-signed Red Grooms AP inside figure of woman on bottom right corner of work. The work promotes the January 14 through February 2...Category
1970s Contemporary More Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- "Performing Arts Center" lithograph by R. B. Kitaj from "New York, New York"By Ronald Brooks KitajLocated in Boca Raton, FL"Performing Arts Center" lithograph of dancers and musicians by R. B. (Ronald Brooks) Kitaj from the "New York, New York" portfolio published by the New York Graphic Society. Signed ...Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints
MaterialsLithograph
You May Also Like
- Hand of Africa - Mandela, Former South African President, Signed Artwork, HandBy Nelson MandelaLocated in Knowle Lane, CranleighNelson Mandela, Hand of Africa, Signed Limited Edition Lithograph Many people are unaware that Nelson Mandela turned his hand to art in his 80's as a way of leaving a legacy for his ...Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- Impressions of Africa - Mandela, Former South African President, Signed ArtworkBy Nelson MandelaLocated in Knowle Lane, CranleighNelson Mandela, Impressions of Africa (black and white), Signed Limited Edition Lithograph Many people are unaware that Nelson Mandela turned his hand to art in his 80's as a way of ...Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- Louisiana HeartsBy Jim DineLocated in New York, NYCreated by Jim Dine in 1982 as an original color lithograph on wove paper and published by the Louisiana Museum, Humlebaek, Denmark, Louisiana Hearts is hand-signed, dated and number...Category
20th Century Contemporary Figurative Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- Yoshitomo Nara and Hiroshi Sugito, Untitled (Omaha) - Signed Print, ContemporaryBy Yoshitomo NaraLocated in Hamburg, DEYoshitomo Nara (b. 1959, Japanese) and Hiroshi Sugito (b. 1970, Japanese) Untitled (Omaha), 2005 Medium: Lithograph on paper Dimensions: 53.5 x 62.5 cm Edition of 100 + 10 AP: Hand-s...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- International Volunteer DayBy Keith HaringLocated in New York, NYA fun and familiar image created by Keith Haring as an original lithograph in colors in 1988, International Volunteer Day was commissioned by the United Nations on its 40th anniversa...Category
20th Century Contemporary Figurative Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- And Then...WhiteBy Takashi MurakamiLocated in New York, NYThis offset lithograph in colors with cold-stamping was created in 2013. From the hand-signed and numbered edition of 300 measuring 19 3/4 x 19 3/4 in. (50 x 50 cm.), unframed. Avail...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints
MaterialsLithograph