Playboy 30th Anniversary AP 1983

Year1983

Hand SignedLower Right 

Condition Excellent 

Framed with GlassVery Narrow Black Metal Frame 

Purchased fromGallery 1985 

Provenance / HistoryArtworks Gallery in Stockton, CA 

Story / Additional InfoIn the mid 1980's an art company called Mirage was releasing a limited number of Patrick Nagel serigraphs called the SN collection. These prints were part of a 14 print (?) collection that was being released at the rate of maybe one every other month or so. Seller was buying this entire collection from Artworks Gallery in Stockton. After seller had acquired multiple of the SN released the owner of the gallery told me she had this Playboy 30th Anniversary Signed AP for sale. Seller believes this was the final piece of art he produced before his untimely death in 1984. 

Certificate of AuthenticityArt Brokerage 

LID151337

Patrick Nagel - United States

Art Brokerage: Park West Artist: Patrick Nagel American Artist: b. 1945-1984 - Patrick Nagel was born in Dayton, Ohio, but was brought up in the Los Angeles area, where he spent most of his life. He studied art at Chouinard Art Institute, and in 1969 received Nagel's Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from California State University at Fullerton. Beginning in 1976, Patrick Nagel began contributing regularly to Playboy, which extended the exposure and popularity of "the Nagel Woman" to a huge and loyal audience. In 1978, he created his first poster image for Mirage Editions. He also painted the cover of rock group Duran Duran's Rio album, which became the number one album in the world photograph, Nagel would create a simplified drawing, the translate the drawing to a painting -- always "simplifying, working to get more across with fewer elements," note Elena Millie. Bold, dark lines shape perspective out of flat, cool colours and stark white spaces; the result is what some have described as "fantasy realism." Please do not list commemorative posters. Listing wanted.