Creed Gallery in Ascot, Berkshire, offers a signed limited edition photograph by Hank O'Neal, the American photographer, author and record producer: Richard Hambleton & Jean-Michel Basquiat 'Skull', taken at 34 East 12th Street in New York. It shows a Hambleton Shadowman with a skull drawn over it by Basquiat. The C-print on aluminium Dibond is from an edition of 50 and is £1,495. Our team can advise on framing and provenance for collectors across Berkshire, Surrey and London.
About Hank O'Neal
O'Neal was born in Texas in 1940 and worked in government service before founding Chiaroscuro Records in 1970 and, later, Hammond Music Enterprises, producing more than 200 jazz records. He photographed as he went, and has published books including The Eddie Condon Scrapbook of Jazz, Berenice Abbott: American Photographer and The Ghosts of Harlem. In New York in the early 1980s he also photographed the downtown art scene, and he was a friend of Richard Hambleton, whose "Shadowman" figures he documented across the city.
The Photograph
In the early 1980s Hambleton painted his black, looming Shadowman figures across Manhattan. On one at 34 East 12th Street, Basquiat drew a skull face over the shadow, and O'Neal photographed the result. It has since become one of the best-known images of the downtown scene, and O'Neal has described how the picture went on to be used on clothing and skateboards, and enlarged into a 40 × 50 ft mural. Ours is a C-print on aluminium Dibond, 81 × 104 cm (84.5 × 107 cm framed), signed, from an edition of 50.
Collecting Hank O'Neal at Creed Gallery
The photograph is £1,495. We state the printing details, edition number and documentation for every work, and you're welcome to visit the gallery in Ascot.
Why Collect Hank O'Neal
It documents a moment in which two artists' work met on a New York wall, photographed by a friend of one of them. As with any artist, individual pieces vary in demand and value, so our team is happy to talk you through the specifics of any work you're considering.
