The Drunken Chauffeur

Price Realised USD 1,875

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Closed: 6 Mar 2020

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DAVID SALLE (B. 1952)

The Drunken Chauffeur

Price Realised USD 1,875

Closed: 6 Mar 2020

Price Realised USD 1,875

Closed: 6 Mar 2020

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DAVID SALLE (B. 1952)
The Drunken Chauffeur
the complete set of eight screenprints in colors, on Arches Cotton paper, 1983, each signed in pencil and inscribed P.P. 2/5, a printer's proof set aside from the edition of 45 (there were also ten artist's proof sets), printed by Domberger KG, Stuttgart, with their blindstamp, published by Parasol Press, S.A., New York, with the title and justification pages
Each Sheet: 29³⁄₄ x 41³⁄₄ in. (756 x 1061 mm.)

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These eight screenprints by David Salle offer a bewildering and provocative mixture of imagery and broken narratives. Each image is divided into a grid of six equal parts, and printed with different colors. These colored grids overlay a dizzying array of line drawings of comic-book style figures, animals, and settings. While recurring figures and motifs, such as a line drawing of a revolving door, might suggest a connective thread, this manic mélange of imagery overpowers its storyboard structure. Salle himself seems to be the drunken chauffeur eluded to in the title, guiding his viewer through a wild ride of pop imagery. Salle is usually identified with the Postmodern movement for the range of cultural and artistic references found throughout his work.