Richard Hambleton | Shadow Head Penguin Book Inspired Art Framed size: 23" x 23"

Framed size: 23" x 23" inches (58 x 58 cm)

hand-cut edge of the board itself — visible evidence of having been physically removed from something larger

dated and numbered in pencil verso

the food of genuine economic constraint — in a single substitution that says everything about the distance between the aspiration of American consumer culture and the reality of British working-class experience

Known for its vibrant spot compositions and conceptual approach to value and collectability

Richard Hambleton | Shadow Head Penguin Book Inspired Art Framed size: 23" x 23"Richard Hambleton (19522017) Shadow Head Oil on canvas Original Before Banksy stencilled walls, before KAWS colonised galleries, Richard Hambleton was painting ominous black silhouettes on the streets of lower Manhattan. His Shadowman figures appeared on unexpected corners, in alleys, behind doorways figures at the periphery of vision that made the city feel watched. Blek le Rat, one of the founding figures of European street art, said of Hambleton: