Richard Duardo - ART FUN GOD original print - 1988 AP1231

A truly spectacular image by LA's great, late and much lamented Richard Duardo. Numbered 41/70. Measures 30" x 38". Signed serigraph. From his LA Times obituary by David Colker Nov. 16, 2014 Master art printer Richard Duardo, who was a pivotal figure in the Chicano art community in Los Angeles, died Tuesday at home in Los Angeles. He was 62. A gregarious, prominent figure in the downtown arts scene, he worked as a printer with numerous world-famous artists, including David Hockney, Keith Haring and Banksy. And his own creations — silk-screen portraits of Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Duke Ellington, Che Guevara, Lauren Bacall and many others — were highly praised. But it was his support for young artists, especially in the Chicano community, that brought forth dozens of online tributes after his death and a growing memorial of candles, photos and other objects outside his downtown print studio, Modern Multiples. Duardo was born May 15, 1952, in Boyle Heights. He graduated from Franklin