ABOUT the CN Series

The CN stands for "commemorative Nagel". Many who are new to Nagel are not clear that these prints were created after his death in 1984. And as such they are POSTHUMOUS, not hand signed (obviously) and were created in much bigger editions sizes, some as many as 10,000.However, although posthumous, the good news is that they are actual serigraphs—not cheap lithos like much what passes for 'nagels' these days—and were printed by Samper Silkscreen Company in the mid 1980's. Unlike a lot of Nagel posters, these were authorized and published by Mirage Editions, Nagel's publisher. Though posthumous, they are still wonderful works of art and had he not passed, would likely have gone on to become signed and numbered limited editions.

About the CN6

This is the sixth of the commemorative serigraphs released posthumously by Mirage in 1986. The company vowed to do only a 'few' of the CNs. Turns out there were 15. (Nagel’s publisher, Mirage Editions, made more money after Pat passed than they did when he was alive, largely through this CN series.)

This was an done for a gallery in Sausalito, CA, a toney shopping area, just north of the Golden Gate bridge in San Francisco.

We're not sure if that's a weight glove or a classic old golf glove the model is wearing, but it pre-dated Michael Jackson by a few years.

Measures 24x36"; Never framed, Condition rated 'fine'.. High bidder to pay s/h, rolled, FOB San Diego, CA

ABOUT PATRICK NAGEL (1945 - 1984): For every decade since the development of color, planographic art (the mid-19th Century) there has been an artist whose work was instrumental in reflecting and, in some cases defining, the era in which they lived. For the1980's, it was Patrick Nagel. Nagel was a phenomenon, much like those great painter/illustrators to precede him -- Jules Cheret, A.M. Cassandre, Leyendecker, Holwein, Toulouse-Lautrec, Rockwell, to name only a few. • At the end of his short life, Playboy magazine was accepting illustrations from Nagel sight-unseen to run in the magazine and his fame and fortune had reached staggering heights in the fine art world. Because of his untimely demise, Patrick's "lifetime" body of work is (comparatively) very small. But it was important work. The Nagel 'renaissance' has already begun—the work is being revisited by scholars and collectors alike.