About the Nobel Gallery

The Nobel, in 1983, was a wonderful image. It was the clever marketing protocol with Nagel's publisher, Mirage Editions, to favor galleries and reward them for their support by placing the name of their galleries on a newly released poster. This gallery,in Milwaukee, WI, happpily managed to get on that list.

A wonderful study in an uncharacteristic color pallete for the '80s'. Since it is a 'lifetime' print, and as such only a very few were printed -- 1500 sheets total, of which 1250 were s.i.s. or 'signed in screen' and only 250 were actually signed and number BY NAGEL in pencil). This one is #221/250.

NEW NAGEL FANS: This is a LIFETIME serigraphic print, not a posthumous litho. If you ae going to spend hard earned dollars on a Nagel, why not purchase something that has real ongoing value? Anything printed after Nagel passed away will have no future value at all. These 'lifetime' prints -- as the art scholars refer to them -- will increase in value over time. For more on Nagel and his legacy on the history of graphic art, please visit our NAGEL SITE BY CLICKING HERE...

 

ABOUT THE MARKET

OKAY, YES, THE STOCK MARKET HAS TANKED. And when that happens, the art market suffers big time. But if you are in a position to be a buyer, now is a great time to do it. Good deals can be had. That's the case here.

Before the AIG fiasco, we had sold several rare Nagel serigraphs in four figures. And it appeared as though with the Nagel documentary about to be released (which apparently has stalled) and the Nagel Retrospective Exhibition in California opening in California this last September, things had begun to heat up. But now with everyone scrambling, now is a good time to be a buyer.

 

SPECIAL OFFER WITH THIS LISTING

Win this auction and we'll include the special DVD interview withDVD Todd Bingham and Patrick Nagel FREE!

Recorded in September, 1982; one of only 3 pieces of video known to exist featuring Patrick Nagel. The video also includes an interview with Nagel's printer, Jeff Wasserman. For more on the video, click here.


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 NagelPicinstrumental 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.

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A Word to Those New to Nagel

You will notice there is huge difference in price on Nagel's work. This is especially true on eBay where you'll see things for as little as $20. Those prints are open edition, off-set lithographs and in some cases, are copies of famous Nagel images. Some are knock-offs or even outright fakes
The 'real' Nagel collectible art -- i.e., graphics and posters released during Nagel's life -- you rarely see, but they can bring prices in three and four figures. CAVEAT EMPTOR: Although many of the Nagels you see on eBay are correct, there is also an awful lot of misrepresentation (some of it is admittedly inadvertant) and fraudulent listings. Be careful if you're thinking of spending any serious money. For more on that subject,
follow this link to our Nagel site.