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Purple Kiss is a lithograph in colours on Arches paper, executed in 1990 by Robert Longo — one of the most celebrated, intellectually rigorous, and culturally significant American artists of his generation — signed and dated in pencil and numbered "PK I" from the tightly controlled edition of just 20, printed by Derriere L'Etoile Studios in New York and published by the artist himself, presented as the full sheet in very good condition.
Robert Longo emerged in the late 1970s and early 1980s as one of the most compelling and visually powerful voices of the Pictures Generation — that critically significant group of New York-based artists, including Cindy Sherman, Richard Prince, and Barbara Kruger, whose practice was rooted in the appropriation, interrogation, and deconstruction of the images and visual codes of mass media, cinema, and popular culture. His celebrated Men in the City series — monumental charcoal drawings of suited figures in states of convulsive, ambiguous movement — established him as one of the most original and cinematically powerful image-makers of his generation, and his subsequent engagement across drawing, painting, sculpture, film, and printmaking has produced a body of work of extraordinary range, formal ambition, and lasting cultural resonance.
Purple Kiss brings Longo's characteristic visual intensity, chromatic sophistication, and formal ambition to the intimate and technically demanding register of the colour lithograph — a work of striking verticality at 927 × 454 mm, its elongated format giving the composition a quality of concentrated, almost cinematic presence entirely consistent with Longo's broader engagement with scale, drama, and the power of the image. Printed by Derriere L'Etoile Studios — the celebrated New York print workshop responsible for some of the most significant fine art lithographic productions of the late twentieth century — on Arches paper, the impression achieves a surface quality and chromatic richness of exceptional distinction. Published by the artist himself, the work carries the direct authority and personal investment of Longo's own production.
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Is this an original work by Robert Longo?
Yes — an authentic lithograph in colours on Arches paper, signed and dated in pencil and numbered "PK I" from the edition of 20, printed by Derriere L'Etoile Studios and published by the artist, New York.
What is the edition size?
Edition of 20 — one of the most tightly controlled edition sizes in Longo's printed output, signed and numbered by the artist in pencil.
Who printed the work?
Derriere L'Etoile Studios, New York — the celebrated print workshop responsible for some of the most significant fine art lithographic productions of the late twentieth century.
What paper was used?
Arches paper — one of the most prestigious supports in fine art lithography, prized for its exceptional surface quality and archival stability.
What are the dimensions?
Sheet: 927 × 454 mm (36 1/2 × 17 7/8 in)
What is the condition?
Very good condition. Full condition report available upon request.
Is this artwork a good investment?
Robert Longo is one of the most consistently collected and institutionally recognized American artists of the Pictures Generation. Lithographs from editions of just 20, signed and dated by the artist and printed by Derriere L'Etoile Studios, represent rare and compelling acquisitions for serious collectors.
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