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Fri, Nov 14, 2025 01:00PM EST
Lot 3310

David Gilhooly, Banana Slug, Colored Etching

Estimate: $300 - $500

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David James Gilhooly III (American, 1943-2013), Banana Slug, 1989,  colored etching on Arches, with watermark at lower right, [approximate dimensions - sight: 17 3/4" H x 13 5/8" W, sheet: 29 3/4" H x 22 3/8" W], edition of P.P. III/VI, signed, and dated at low margin. Artist's Bio: David Gilhooly states that his lowbrow humor makes his work accessible so that “even my most maiden old aunt or my most drugged-out cousin can get at the meaning of the work or at least experience it!” He studied at the University of California, where he worked as an assistant to Robert Arneson. Gilhooly was a leading advocate of funk art, which challenged the seriousness of the art world by focusing on absurd images of everyday objects. He parodied ancient civilizations, religion, politics, and culture through an alternative world of ceramic frogs and other creatures until 1983, when he began to use food to satirize man-made and natural disasters.

Condition

Sheet housed in its own sleeve (32" H x 24" W). Sheet has minor handling wear, overall, in very good condition.

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