Aug 05, 2021 - Sale 2577

Sale 2577 - Lot 142

Price Realized: $ 1,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000

BORIS VALLEJO (1941- )

THE NEW ST. MARKS BATHS. Circa 1980.


41x27 inches, 104x68 1/2 cm. Official Graphic Arts International Union, Cleveland.
Condition B+: creases and abrasions in margins and image; small tears at edges; small pin holes in corners. Glossy paper.

Vallejo painted Mysterious Rider around 1978, and the image was co-opted to advertise the newly refurbished St. Mark's Bathhouse, which opened in 1979. The Bathhouse was closed down due to the AIDS epidemic in 1985.