Archival pigment print with hand-painted additions in acrylic on white wove paper, 2020-22. 1315x735 mm; 52x29 inches, full margins. Signed and numbered 55/100 in pencil, lower margin.
With the certificate of authenticity from the Andres Valencia Studio.
The acrylic and oil pastel on canvas by Valencia (born 2011) on which this print is based, dating from 2020, was offered at Phillips Auctioneers, Hong Kong, June 21, 2022, lot 248. Phillips noted, "After watching a film about Jean-Michel Basquiat, the self-taught prodigy Andres Valencia—just 10 years old—picked up a paintbrush at 6 years old, and hasn't stopped since, having already sold out art shows, and taking the Miami Art Week by storm in 2021. Counting Pablo Picasso, George Condo, and Basquiat, among his sources of inspiration, Valencia creates bold Cubism-inspired largescale works. While standing atop a step ladder, the young artist mixes oil stick, oil, and acrylic paints to create his signature fragmented facial compositions that recall the spliced Cubist works by Picasso. His music taste is also as mature as his artistic stimuli, as Valencia also enjoys listening to music while he paints, citing Jimi Hendrix, Queen, Michael Jackson, and the Beatles as his studio music of choice while he creates. As can be seen in the present work, Ms. Cube, his colourful works are the results of a mature creative medley."
