Drunk

Artwork details

Artist

John Waters

Title

Drunk

Description

Color Photogravure

Waters takes his imagery for prints from stills of movies, both his and others. The images for Drunk are of Edith Massey in Female Trouble, on the left, and Glenn Milstead, "Divine," in Pink Flamingos, on the right.

John Waters' four-color print Drunk is an historic achievement in the development of photogravure, traditionally a one-color medium for reasons of technical difficulty in the registering of multi-plate impressions. Photogravure, an intaglio printing process, gives unique luminosity, texture and durability to photographic prints. In four-color printing, it allows for great richness, saturation and experimentation.

Date

1998

Medium

Photogravure

Edition

40

Signature

Signed

Sheet

11.25 x 20 inches

Status

Available

Price

$2,500.00