Gahan Wilson
Here Spot - Simplicity in Art , 1990s
Pen and Ink and Pencil on Paper
11 22/25 × 9 in | 30.2 × 22.9 cm
Copyright The Artist
$ 14,000.00
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One of the highest achievements in any of the arts is to reduce the idea and execution to its simplest terms. We can all remember that the greatest one-liners in...
One of the highest achievements in any of the arts is to reduce the idea
and execution to its simplest terms. We can all remember that the
greatest one-liners in movie and advertising history have consisted of
just a few words.
That kind of simplicity is on full display in Gahan Wilson's "Here Spot".
In this two-panel cartoon story, Wilson does a twist on a popular dog's name.
Drawn mostly in black line and set against a white background, we see a man call a dog. " Here Spot"
Coincidentally, the dog's visual identity is defined by a single glorious spot.
In panel two, the dog stays, but the spot comes flying off to follow the man.
The
punchline: the man was calling the spot, not the dog. Leave it up to
the genius of Gahan Wilson to amuse his viewers with another highly
original creation. "Here Spot" should be a Hall of Fame cartoon, defined
by its originality, minimalistic simplicity, and quirkiness. Signed
lower left. unframed
Published: 'Gahan Wilson's Even Weirder', Forge: New York, 1996.
Provenance: The Estate of the Artist
and execution to its simplest terms. We can all remember that the
greatest one-liners in movie and advertising history have consisted of
just a few words.
That kind of simplicity is on full display in Gahan Wilson's "Here Spot".
In this two-panel cartoon story, Wilson does a twist on a popular dog's name.
Drawn mostly in black line and set against a white background, we see a man call a dog. " Here Spot"
Coincidentally, the dog's visual identity is defined by a single glorious spot.
In panel two, the dog stays, but the spot comes flying off to follow the man.
The
punchline: the man was calling the spot, not the dog. Leave it up to
the genius of Gahan Wilson to amuse his viewers with another highly
original creation. "Here Spot" should be a Hall of Fame cartoon, defined
by its originality, minimalistic simplicity, and quirkiness. Signed
lower left. unframed
Published: 'Gahan Wilson's Even Weirder', Forge: New York, 1996.
Provenance: The Estate of the Artist