Richard Kern - Lung With Lizard
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Richard Kern, Lung With Lizard, 2012 digital print, an archival pigment print on museum paper, edition 17/50 signed by the artist, 20.3 × 30.5 cm, condition SPL, unmounted and unframed, with an Exhibition A certificate of authenticity.
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Richard Kern (United States, 1954)
"Lung With Lizard", 1987
Archival pigment print — edition 17/50, signed by the artist
Portrait of Lung Leg with a salamander on the face, shot in 1987
in Kern's East 13th Street apartment in New York, during the filming
of the first scene of the movie "Submit to Me Now".
The author recounts that Lung Leg appeared that day with a small
green salamander in her pocket, asking if she could have it walk on her face
during the shot. He often brought living animals on set: once a jar
of black crickets, another time a can of fishing worms.
THE SUBJECT
Lung Leg was the fetish actress of the Cinema of Transgression and the
star of several Kern films. She is also the model for the cover image of
"EVOL" by Sonic Youth (1986), taken from a frame of the film "Submit to Me".
FEATURES
• Archival pigment print on museum-quality paper
• 8 × 12 inches (20.3 × 30.5 cm)
• Signed in pencil by the artist on the reverse
• Numbered 17/50
• With Exhibition A certificate of authenticity, signed by co-founder
Laura Martin and dated February 23, 2012
• Not mounted, not framed
THE EDITION
Published by Exhibition A (New York) in collaboration with the artist, in a
limited edition of 50 copies. The edition is sold out with the publisher.
THE ARTIST
Richard Kern was among the stars of the Cinema of Transgression, the
underground New York cinema movement of the 1980s that originated in the East
Village. He directed the video for Sonic Youth's "Death Valley '69" in 1985, and
subsequently did videos for King Missile and Marilyn Manson.
He has held over fifty solo shows internationally, including at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Feature Inc. in New York, and the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw. He has participated in group shows at the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Brooklyn Museum. He lives and works in New York.
PROVENANCE
Purchased directly from Exhibition A in September 2016. Purchase documentation available.
CONDITION
Extremely Fine. Flat, never exhibited or framed. No creases, no signs of handling, pristine corners.
Richard Kern (United States, 1954)
"Lung With Lizard", 1987
Archival pigment print — edition 17/50, signed by the artist
Portrait of Lung Leg with a salamander on the face, shot in 1987
in Kern's East 13th Street apartment in New York, during the filming
of the first scene of the movie "Submit to Me Now".
The author recounts that Lung Leg appeared that day with a small
green salamander in her pocket, asking if she could have it walk on her face
during the shot. He often brought living animals on set: once a jar
of black crickets, another time a can of fishing worms.
THE SUBJECT
Lung Leg was the fetish actress of the Cinema of Transgression and the
star of several Kern films. She is also the model for the cover image of
"EVOL" by Sonic Youth (1986), taken from a frame of the film "Submit to Me".
FEATURES
• Archival pigment print on museum-quality paper
• 8 × 12 inches (20.3 × 30.5 cm)
• Signed in pencil by the artist on the reverse
• Numbered 17/50
• With Exhibition A certificate of authenticity, signed by co-founder
Laura Martin and dated February 23, 2012
• Not mounted, not framed
THE EDITION
Published by Exhibition A (New York) in collaboration with the artist, in a
limited edition of 50 copies. The edition is sold out with the publisher.
THE ARTIST
Richard Kern was among the stars of the Cinema of Transgression, the
underground New York cinema movement of the 1980s that originated in the East
Village. He directed the video for Sonic Youth's "Death Valley '69" in 1985, and
subsequently did videos for King Missile and Marilyn Manson.
He has held over fifty solo shows internationally, including at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Feature Inc. in New York, and the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw. He has participated in group shows at the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Brooklyn Museum. He lives and works in New York.
PROVENANCE
Purchased directly from Exhibition A in September 2016. Purchase documentation available.
CONDITION
Extremely Fine. Flat, never exhibited or framed. No creases, no signs of handling, pristine corners.
Details
Date of print
2012
Artist
Richard Kern
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Title of artwork
Lung With Lizard
Condition
Extremely fine
Technique
Digital print
Height
30.5 cm
Width
20.3 cm
Signature
Hand signed
Genre
Portrait
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