About the Limited Editions
The limited edition graphics numbered 21 titles in all and had average edition sizes of about 100. There were no unsigned versions of these big prints, although in some cases, there were poster counterparts which used the same image, but a smaller format, i.e., Galerie Michael and the Michelle. The Gray Lady had no coresponding poster.
From Todd:
Wow! The Gray Lady was the first Nagel limited edition I ever saw in a home-like setting; newly hired on at Galerie Michael in Beverly Hills, I was invited to the gallery director's nearby appartment, in which was hung five or six of these huge Nagel serigraphs. They were all lit perfectly with dim spots and seemed to glow on the walls. It was one of those images that gets imprinted on the back of your eyelids; I can still see them today, 30 years later...
About the Gray Lady
A very large print and one of the earliest of the great limited editions. Done in '82, it was a favorite with Nagel purists, and the consummate example of Nagel's color sense. Although technically the serigraph had nine colors, all were varying shades of gray (his favorite color). Hard to find this print now. A word to the wise: it was reprinted in the mid-1990's as a low end offset litho and many have confused that cheap print with this stunning serigraph. Only 90 signed and numbered serigraphs were created. Printed by Wassmerman Silkscreen Co., in about 1981.
