Dennis Mukai
"Gusty Winds Ahead" 1990
From his famous Provocative Road Sign Series. Published Playboy Advisor November 1990. "The Art of Dennis Mukai" 1994 full page published by Virtu. Printed in Japan.
Acrylic on Canvas backed on wood frame, like the Nagel canvases. Same builder and publisher.
Canvas is 35" x 48" in original black frame.
Provenance:
Originally Mirage Editions, Inc. to Merrill Chase Galleries, Chicago
Purchased from Private Collection Illinois. Previous owner also had original Nagel canvases and more.
Created while working for Playboy. Exhibited in Los Angeles and Chicago. Image is of late Model/Actress/Raider's Cheerleader Linda Sobek who was brutally assaulted and murdered in 1995 by a photographer.
This piece has been one I have been HUNTING DOWN since I am an LA Native and Linda Sobek is one of my favorite of Dennis' models. Being a native to LA, I was studying Journalism and just 24 in college here when she brutally killed. I felt a huge connection to her. The story was everywhere. This canvas was already in the hands of the previous collector who never connected the story with the model. I am so happy to have discovered this beautiful image and make her mine. Dennis also made a couple other images of this beautiful woman. One he perfectly called Linda. Again this was well before her murder.
I run PatrickNagelArts.com and I am the a huge Nagel and Mukai fan, collector, buyer and seller too. Contact me to learn more info about Patrick Nagel or Mukai. I BUY MUKAI! ALSO EMAIL:
[email protected]I have just a few Mukai original large Prismacolor drawings for sale in my FOR SALE GALLERY and tons of Nagel art ready to ship. They are so hard to find but I know where some exist. Want one? I also have some rare limited editions signed and numbered that are MINT I am letting go.
Other galleries might be selling some Nagel or Mukai but they are really getting from me. Check me first! I included the Vector Dennis provided me (Yes, we are friends). He has created a print and even a skateboard by design for this image for private collectors. Published in "The Art of Dennis Mukai"
