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Edition Details
Year:2024
Class:Art Print
Status:Official
Released:11/13/24
Run:99
Technique:Screen Print
Paper:hand sliced Somerset Satin 300gsm paper
Markings:Signed & Numbered
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TIN MAN ART is delighted to present a new and never before published limited edition silkscreen print by the legendary Ralph Steadman: ‘A (doctored) Hunter S. Thompson’ (2024).

The original artwork this print is based on has never before been reproduced as a limited edition multiple. The portrait of Hunter S. Thompson was created for Thompson's book 'The Curse of Lono' (1983), which chronicles the time Hunter and Ralph spent in Hawaii in 1980, at the Honolulu marathon for 'Running' magazine. With Hunter's girlfriend, Laila Nabulsi, and Ralph's wife Anna and daughter, Sadie, together they weathered storms and hurricanes, fished for sharks and tested the wrath of the great god, Lono.

In the portrait, Steadman caught a more contemplative side of his friend. The conte crayon, a departure from his usual pen and ink "filthy scribblings" allowed a gentler line, and freer, spontaneous reaction to the usually abrasive, and taciturn author.

The print was developed in close collaboration with Ralph and his daughter Sadie and displays unusual characteristics: the hand sliced paper which echoes drawing board pin tears on the original and the use of PG Tips tea to create the unique finish of the original.

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Original Price$1,480.00
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