- 100
Gary Panter
Estimate
50,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description
- Gary Panter
- Shrieking head. The Screamers' logo. Original drawing. c. 1975.
- ink and paper
Ink, gouache and pencil on paper (9 3/4 x 9 3/4 in; 245 x 245 mm), signed twice, once in pencil on the ride side of the sheet, as a try of a graphic signature, and in the drawing (right side) and annotated "COVER 10 / STAT".
Literature
The present graphic was used for the cover illustration of a definitive history of Punk design, Kugelberg and Savage' Punk: An Aesthetic. New York, 2012.
Catalogue Note
An instantly recognizable visual icon of the original L.A. punk movement.
The Screamers, the most famous unrecorded punk band, created a visual presence in the press before they ever played live. Studio photos of the band began to appear in magazines even before a full band had been assembled. Underground comic book artist Gary Panter designed this logo for the band, a stylized cartoon of a screaming head with spiked hair, it has become one of the most recognizable and arresting design images to emerge from punk rock.