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Print: black + white graphite pencil 19" x 24" Image area of 17" x 22" Produced in 1986 Signed and numbered edition of 1000 Price: $175.00 Poster: black + white graphite pencil 24" x 32" Image area of 17" x 22" Gray border with black lettering Price: $30.00 |
Print: black + white graphite pencil 14" x 18" Image area of 12" x 16" Produced in 1986 Signed and numbered edition of 1000 Price: $75.00 |
Print: black + white graphite pencil 14" x 17" Image area of 12" x 15" Produced in 1990 Signed and numbered edition of 200 Price: $100.00 |
Print: black + white graphite pencil 13" x 16" Image area of 11" x 14" Produced in 1990 Signed and numbered edition of 200 Price: $125.00 |
Lovers. Jon wished to produce a powerful piece for his debut at the New York Art Exposition in 1986. The Jacob Javitts Convention Center was opening, realizing that everyone would be doing centennial posters featuring all the great things about New York, Jon wanted to do something different, something Jon Reich, something sentimental, from the heart. The piece is based on Oscar Wilde's "The Nightingale and the Rose." In the story, a young student wants to give a red rose to the girl he loves, but only white roses grow outside his window. A little nightingale hears his wish and presses it breast against a thorn of the rosebush. As the nightingale sings its loveliest melodies in the moonlight, its lifeblood flows into the veins of the rosebush, creating a beautiful perfect red rose. | |||
