on plexi
In 1993 I asked Raymond to paint a couple of works on plexiglass. It was an exceptionally creative point in his career and I wanted the viewer to be able to observe his panting process and brushstrokes from the beginning to the end of his work. Painting on plexi effectively shows 2 different artworks when viewed from the front the piece and the back. He painted with his strokes much in the same vein as what Picasso did and what Pollack did for Life Magazine when he painted on glass. The surfer’s experience on this enormous wave is energetically captured by Raymond on this breathtaking piece. The finished works are unique to Pettibon’s oeuvre in that these are the only two recorded artworks he completed on plexiglass.
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of Raymond Pettibon painting Untitled (Surfer in the Great Wave) in 1993
right:
Untitled, (Surfer in the Great Wave), 1993
Acrylic on Plexiglas
signed recto, 96 x 48 in
Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
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Untitled, (Lightbulb) 1993
Acrylic on Plexiglas
60 x 38 in
Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
right:
Untitled, (I borrow my comparisons.. (Gumby)), 1990
Acrylic on drywall board
(cut out of the Richard/Bennett Gallery wall at the LA/90 Art Fair)
signed/dated verso, 50 x 44 in
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
2 Exhibited A Pen of All Work, New Museum, 2017
4 Exhibited Raymond Pettibon, (MACBA, GEM: The Hague..), 2002
5 Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
1.1 Illustrated in A Pen of all Work, New Museum, 2017. p237
4.1 Illustrated in Plots Laid Thick, Museu d’Art Contemporani, 2002. p409
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left:
Untitled, (Full of the grace..), 1988
Oil on canvas
Signed/dated verso, 48 x 30 in
Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
right:
Untitled, (Mary you have..) c.1980s
Oil on board
Signed verso, 23.25 x 24 in
Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Raymond Pettibon, (MACBA, GEM: The Hague..), 2002
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
left:
Untitled, (The Story of Creation), 1991
Mixed media on canvas board
Signed/dated verso, 33 x 24 in
4 Exhibited Raymond Pettibon, (MACBA, GEM: The Hague..), 2002
4.1 Illustrated in Plots Laid Thick, Museu d’Art Contemporani, 2002. p84
right:
Untitled, (He (Houdini) has..), 1988
Oil on canvas
Signed/dated verso, 48 x 60 in
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
7 Exhibited A Pen of Work, 1988
original ink x paint
right:
Untitled, Self Portrait (So occasional, so..), 1992
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 14 x 10.75 in
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
2 Exhibited A Pen of All Work, New Museum, 2017
4 Exhibited Raymond Pettibon, (MACBA, GEM: The Hague..), 2002
5 Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
1.1 Illustrated in A Pen of all Work, New Museum, 2017. p187
4.1 Illustrated in Plots Laid Thick, Museu d’Art Contemporani, 2002. p24
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Untitled, (Robert Berman Gallery), 1991
Ink on paper, 10 x 15.875 in
Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025 Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
Untitled, (Reader Dearest), 1991
Ink on paper, 9.75 x 13.25 in Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025 Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
verso,
Untitled, (Santa Monica High School), 1983
Ink on paper
Signed/dated
14 x 10.25 in Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025 Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
Untitled, (Are you through..), 1984
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 14 x 10.25 in Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
Untitled, (This Drawing is Dedicated to My Knife), 1984
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 14 x 10.25 in Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
Untitled, (Oh J-Jesus..), 1984
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 14 x 10.25 in Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
Untitled, 1984
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 14.125 x 10.25 in Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
Untitled, (No sex until marriage..), 1984
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 14 x 10.25 in Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
Illustrated in The Books, Ohrt & Koch 2000. p39
From Pettibon’s zine A Can at the Crossroads, 1985
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Untitled, (Who Did I Marry?), 1985
Ink on paper
Signed verso, 12 x 9 in
Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92 Illustrated in The Books, Ohrt & Koch 2000.
From Pettibon’s zine Pettibon With Strings, 1988
Untitled, (Thirteen Going on Fourteen), 1985
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 12 x 9 in
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
3 Exhibited Sonic Youth: Sensational Fix, 2008-10
4 Exhibited Raymond Pettibon, (MACBA, GEM: The Hague..), 2002
5 Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
4.1 Illustrated in Plots Laid Thick, Museu d’Art Contemporani, 2002. p314
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Untitled, (Whatever turns you on..), c. 1985
Ink on paper
Signed recto, 14.5 x 10.25 in
Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
Untitled, (Such As You Are), 1986
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 17.5 x 12 in
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
Signed/dated
1 Exhibited The Black
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
Untitled, (Damned moralistic naturalism..), 1986
Ink on paper
recto, 7.25 x 12.25 in
Flag Years, 2025
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Untitled, (Some Hospitals Are Better Than Others), 1986
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 14 x 10.825 in
Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
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Exhibited
verso,
Untitled, (The Heart of The Womb), 1986
Ink on paper
Signed/dated
12.5 x 7.75 in
Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Reader Dearest, 1991-92
Untitled, (For You, Dear Reader), 1986
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 14 x 11 in
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
4 Exhibited Raymond Pettibon, (MACBA, GEM: The Hague..), 2002
5 Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
4.1 Illustrated in Plots Laid Thick, Museu d’Art Contemporani, 2002. p47
above:
Untitled, (I value this..), 1988
Silkscreen
Signed/numbered recto, 25.75 x 19.5 in
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
5 Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
right:
Untitled, (I value this..), c.1986
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 15 x 11 in
Original artwork for the printed edition, 1988
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
Untitled, (Breaking into movies..), 1986
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 13.825 x 10.825 in 1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
Untitled, (You did it..), 1986
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 8.825 x 12 in
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92 Illustrated in The Books, Ohrt & Koch 2000.
From Pettibon’s zine Thin, Thin Cross, 1986
above:
Untitled, (What Kept Him Alive?), 1986
Print
Singed/numbered recto, 22.5 x 17 in
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
left:
Untitled, (What Kept Him Alive?), 1986
Ink on paper
Signed/dated recto/verso, 14 x 9 in
Original artwork for the 1991 serigraph edition
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
Exhibited Social Distortion, L.A.C.E., 1986
Signed/dated verso, 13.875 x 10.825 in
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
Untitled, (Or, does it mark..), 1987
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 8.5
11 in 1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
Untitled, (The first Church..), 1986
Ink on copy paper
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Untitled, (Making a quick inventory..), 1987
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 17 x 7.5 in
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
4 Exhibited Raymond Pettibon, (MACBA, GEM: The Hague..), 2002
5 Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
4.1 Illustrated in Plots Laid Thick, Museu d’Art Contemporani, 2002. p412
right:
Untitled, (My purpose in life is to do this..), 1987
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 24 x 18 in
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
2 Exhibited A Pen of All Work, New Museum, 2017
3 Exhibited Sonic Youth: Sensational Fix, 2008-10
4 Exhibited Raymond Pettibon, (MACBA, GEM: The Hague..), 2002
5 Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
1.1 Illustrated in A Pen of all Work, New Museum, 2017. p245
4.1 Illustrated in Plots Laid Thick, Museu d’Art Contemporani, 2002. p404
right:
Untitled, (My Jim-Jim) c. 1987
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 15.5 x 14.75 in left:
Untitled, (I Wasn’t Allowed To Live The Sixties), 1987
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 11 x 11 in
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
4 Exhibited Raymond Pettibon, (MACBA, GEM: The Hague..), 2002
5 Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
4.1 Illustrated in Plots Laid Thick, Museu d’Art Contemporani, 2002. p213
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
2 Exhibited A Pen of All Work, New Museum, 2017
3 Exhibited Sonic Youth: Sensational Fix, 2008-10
4 Exhibited Raymond Pettibon, (MACBA, GEM: The Hague..), 2002
5 Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
1.1 Illustrated in A Pen of all Work, New Museum, 2017. p122
4.1 Illustrated in Plots Laid Thick, Museu d’Art Contemporani, 2002. p340
(I Am Just The Illustrator), 1987
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 18 x 12 in
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
Untitled,
Signed/dated verso, 13.25 x 8.75 in Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
3 Exhibited Sonic Youth: Sensational Fix, 2008-10
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
Untitled, (The camera brought..), 1987
Ink on paper
Untitled, (One Hundred Vietnams), 1987
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 17.5 x 11.25 in Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
Untitled, (Lose Your Place?), 1987
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 17 x 14 in
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
4 Exhibited Raymond Pettibon, (MACBA, GEM: The Hague..), 2002
5 Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
4.1 Illustrated in Plots Laid Thick, Museu d’Art Contemporani, 2002. p69
Untitled, (Like a moth..), 1987
Ink on paper
Signed and dated verso, 23.75 x 18 in
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Raymond Pettibon, (MACBA, GEM: The Hague..), 2002
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
Untitled, (2 a.m. No Turning Back), 1987
Ink on paper
Signed/dated on verso, 24 x 17.825 in
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
4 Exhibited Raymond Pettibon, (MACBA, GEM: The Hague..), 2002
5 Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
4.1 Illustrated in Plots Laid Thick, Museu d’Art Contemporani, 2002. p425
Untitled, (As specialized as that mechanical gesture..), 1988
Ink on paper
Signed verso, 24 x 17.375 in Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
Untitled, (There Was Something Familiar in Him), 1989
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 12 x 9 in Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
Untitled, (His correspondence with..), 1989
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 30 x 22.25 in 1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
(What you will read..), 1989
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 30 x 22 in
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
Untitled,
Signed/dated verso, 11.25 x 8.75 in 1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
Untitled, (She shrugged out..), 1989
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 11.25 x 9.325 in
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
Untitled, (Let violence never..), 1990
Ink on paper
Untitled, (The ‘public for fiction’..), c. 1990
Ink on paper
24 x 17.125 in
Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
Untitled, (Her Death Rattle..), 1990
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 22 x 17 in
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
2 Exhibited A Pen of All Work, New Museum, 2017
5 Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
1.1 Illustrated in A Pen of all Work, New Museum, 2017. p126
Signed/dated verso, 22
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verso,
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
2 Exhibited A Pen of All Work, New Museum, 2017
5 Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
1.1 Illustrated in A Pen of all Work, New Museum, 2017. p119
right:
Untitled, (We’re An American Band), 1990
Ink on paper
Signed/dated
12.75 x 12.75 in
left:
Untitled, (Other images overtook these..), 1990
Ink on paper
x 17 in
Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
Untitled, (Blockhead..), 1991
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 22.5 x 14.5 in
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
4 Exhibited Raymond Pettibon, (MACBA, GEM: The Hague..), 2002
5 Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
4.1 Illustrated in Plots Laid Thick, Museu d’Art Contemporani, 2002. p87
Signed/dated verso, 22 x 17 in
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
Untitled, (The Facts of Life), 1991
Ink on paper
1991
Signed/dated verso, 22 x 17 in 1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
Untitled, (Girlfriend Blews),
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 22 x 17 in
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
Untitled, (A Life at Auction), 1991
Ink on paper
left:
Untitled, (Looking at her..), 1991
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 19 x 12 in
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
4 Exhibited Raymond Pettibon, (MACBA, GEM: The Hague..), 2002
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
4.1 Illustrated in Plots Laid Thick, Museu d’Art Contemporani, 2002. pg77
right:
Untitled, (I gave Henry..), 1991
Ink on paper
Signed verso, 22 x 17 in
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
2 Exhibited A Pen of All Work, New Museum, 2017
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
1.1 Illustrated in A Pen of all Work, New Museum, 2017. p128
Untitled, (To play down..), 1991
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 22 x 16.5 in 1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
4 Exhibited Raymond Pettibon, (MACBA, GEM: The Hague..), 2002
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
4.1 Illustrated in Plots Laid Thick, Museu d’Art Contemporani, 2002. p419
Untitled, (The Secret Service..), 1991
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 22 x 17 in
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
3 Exhibited Sonic Youth: Sensational Fix, 2008-10
4 Exhibited Raymond Pettibon, (MACBA, GEM: The Hague..), 2002
5 Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
4.1 Illustrated in Plots Laid Thick, Museu d’Art Contemporani, 2002. p190
Untitled, (Green Eyes, Dollar Bill..), 1991
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 22 x 17 in
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
2 Exhibited A Pen of All Work, New Museum, 2017
4 Exhibited Raymond Pettibon, (MACBA, GEM: The Hague..), 2002
5 Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
1.1 Illustrated in A Pen of all Work, New Museum, 2017. p130
4.1 Illustrated in Plots Laid Thick, Museu d’Art Contemporani, 2002. p82
Untitled, (Does God make out..) 1991
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 17 x 14.5 in
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
2 Exhibited A Pen of All Work, New Museum, 2017
4 Exhibited Raymond Pettibon, (MACBA, GEM: The Hague..), 2002
5 Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
1.1 Illustrated in A Pen of all Work, New Museum, 2017. p336
4.1 Illustrated in Plots Laid Thick, Museu d’Art Contemporani, 2002. p327
Untitled, (Va-Voom), 1991
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 24.5 x 18 in
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
2 Exhibited A Pen of All Work, New Museum, 2017
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
Signed/dated verso, 22 x 17 in 1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
Untitled, (Hot Air), 1991
Ink on paper
Untitled, (I’m not your Marlboro man..), 1991
Ink on paper
Signed/dated on verso, 22.25 x 15.75 in
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
8 Exhibited Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Die, 1986
right:
Untitled, (She was a nice, sweet girl..), 1986
Ink on paper
Signed/dated on recto, 14 x 11 in
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
2 Exhibited A Pen of All Work, New Museum, 2017
3 Exhibited Sonic Youth: Sensational Fix, 2008-10
4 Exhibited Raymond Pettibon, (MACBA, GEM: The Hague..), 2002
5 Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
4.1 Illustrated in Plots Laid Thick, Museu d’Art Contemporani, 2002. p234
1.1 Illustrated in A Pen of all Work, New Museum, 2017. p78
Untitled, (Balboa sees..), 1991
Ink on Paper
Signed/dated verso, 23.25 x 18.5 in
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
8 Exhibited Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Die, 1986
Untitled, (Too Much For TV), 1991
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 26.25 x 20 in
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
3 Exhibited Sonic Youth: Sensational Fix, 2008-10
4 Exhibited Raymond Pettibon, (MACBA, GEM: The Hague..), 2002
5 Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-9 2
4.1 Illustrated in Plots La d Thick, Museu d’Art Contemporani, 2002. p162
left:
right:
left:
Untitled, (Everything is for sale at Rome.), 1991
Ink on Paper
Signed/dated verso/ 22 x 17 in
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
right:
Untitled, (Collect Them All), 1991
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 22 x 17 in
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
2 Exhibited A Pen of All Work, New Museum, 2017
4 Exhibited Raymond Pettibon, (MACBA, GEM: The Hague..), 2002
5 Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
1.1 Illustrated in A Pen of all Work, New Museum, 2017. p257
4.1 Illustrated in Plots Laid Thick, Museu d’Art Contemporani, 2002. p328
Untitled, (The Blot), 1991
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 22 x 17 in 1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
4 Exhibited Raymond Pettibon, (MACBA, GEM: The Hague..), 2002
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
4.1 Illustrated in Plots Laid Thick, Museu d’Art Contemporani, 2002. p46
Untitled, (Only if you..), 1991
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 22 x 17 in
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
4 Exhibited Raymond Pettibon, (MACBA, GEM: The Hague..), 2002
5 Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
4.1 Illustrated in Plots Laid Thick, Museu d’Art Contemporani, 2002. p63
Untitled, (Let in..), 1991
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 30 x 22 in
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
2 Exhibited A Pen of All Work, New Museum, 2017
4 Exhibited Raymond Pettibon, (MACBA, GEM: The Hague..), 2002
5 Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
1.1 Illustrated in A Pen of all Work, New Museum, 2017. p203
4.1 Illustrated in Plots Laid Thick, Museu d’Art Contemporani, 2002. p85
(Only to wait..), 1991
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 22 x 17 in
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
Untitled,
Signed/dated on verso, 17.25 x 13.25 in 1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
Untitled, (Who but him..), 1991
Ink on paper
(From a full..), 1991
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 21.5 x 15.325 in 1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
Untitled,
Untitled, (Here is a Christian man..), 1991
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 22 x 17 in
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
4 Exhibited Raymond Pettibon, (MACBA, GEM: The Hague..), 2002
5 Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
4.1 Illustrated in Plots Laid Thick, Museu d’Art Contemporani, 2002. p72
Signed/dated verso, 17 x 10.25 in 1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
Untitled, (X-Ray Specs), 1991
Ink on paper
Untitled, (I Took That!), 1991
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 22 x 17 in
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
2 Exhibited A Pen of All Work, New Museum, 2017
5 Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
1.1 Illustrated in A Pen of all Work, New Museum, 2017. p129
Signed/dated verso, 21.25 x 12.125 in Exhibited The
Untitled, (The actor was..), 1991
Ink on paper
Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
left:
Untitled, (Backseat Driver), 1991
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 22 x 27 in Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Raymond Pettibon, (MACBA, GEM: The Hague..), 2002
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
right:
Untitled, (Lipstick: suffocated with..), 1992
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 16 x 16.75 in
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
2 Exhibited A Pen of All Work, New Museum, 2017
3 Exhibited Sonic Youth: Sensational Fix, 2008-10
4 Exhibited Raymond Pettibon, (MACBA, GEM: The Hague..), 2002
5 Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
1.1 Illustrated in A Pen of all Work, New Museum, 2017. p122
4.1 Illustrated in Plots Laid Th ck, Museu d Art Contemporani, 2002. p331
Untitled, (Let Her Pose), 1992
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 15 x 11 in
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
4 Exhibited Raymond Pettibon, (MACBA, GEM: The Hague..), 2002
5 Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
4.1 Illustrated in Plots Laid Thick, Museu d’Art Contemporani, 2002. p86
Untitled, (It refers itself..), 1992
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 22 x 17 in
Executed on verso of a “Cathedral Floor” “test proof”
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited A Pen of All Work, New Museum, 2017
4 Exhibited Raymond Pettibon, (MACBA, GEM: The Hague..), 2002
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
left:
right:
left:
Untitled, (My mouth felt..), 1992
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 22 x 17 in
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
3 Exhibited Sonic Youth: Sensational Fix, 2008-10
4 Exhibited Raymond Pettibon, (MACBA, GEM: The Hague..), 2002
5 Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
3 .1 Illustrated in Sonic Youth: Sensational Fix, 2009. p657
4.1 Illustrated in Plots Laid Thick, Museu d’Art Contemporani, 2002. p104
right:
Untitled, (To live hard..), 1992
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 17.5 x 12.5 in
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
4 Exhibited Raymond Pettibon, (MACBA, GEM: The Hague..), 2002
5 Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
4.1 Illustrated in Plots Laid Thick, Museu d’Art Contemporani, 2002. p421
Untitled, (Not a word shall ..), 1992
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 13.5 x 12.5 in
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
2 Exhibited A Pen of All Work, New Museum, 2017
4 Exhibited Raymond Pettibon, (MACBA, GEM: The Hague..), 2002
5 Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
1.1 Illustrated in A Pen of all Work, New Museum, 2017. p264
Untitled, (Theme Park), 1992
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 15 x 13 in
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
4 Exhibited Raymond Pettibon, (MACBA, GEM: The Hague..), 2002
5 Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
4.1 Illustrated in Plots Laid Thick, Museu d’Art Contemporani, 2002. p428
1
4.1
4
1
5
right:
Untitled, (Dear Reader, The End), 1992
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 22 x 15.25 in
left:
Untitled, (Each soul has..), 1992
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 14.5 x 22.5 in
Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Raymond Pettibon, (MACBA, GEM: The Hague..), 2002
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
Illustrated in Plots Laid Thick, Museu d’Art Contemporani, 2002. p25
Signed/dated
1
Signed/dated
1
4
right:
Untitled, (The peace that..), 1993
Ink on paper
verso, 15 x 11 in
left:
Untitled, (Turn the other cheek..), 1993
Ink on paper
verso, 11 x 18.875 in
Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Raymond Pettibon, (MACBA, GEM: The Hague..), 2002
Untitled, (Fortunately for the issue at hand..), 1993
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 12.25 x 19 in 1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
4 Exhibited Raymond Pettibon, (MACBA, GEM: The Hague..), 2002
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
4 Exhibited Raymond Pettibon,
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
Untitled, (Absolute, L.A. International Poster), 1995
Ink on paper
24 x 18.125 in
(MACBA, GEM: The Hague..), 2002
1
raymond pettibon x rush white
Raymond Pettibon + Rush White
Untitled, (Line by line..), 1995
Ink on paper
Signed by artists and dated verso, 14.875 x 10.875 in
Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Raymond Pettibon + Rush White
Untitled, (She suffered..), 1995
Ink on paper
Signed by artists and dated verso, 14.875 x 10.875 in
Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Raymond Pettibon + Rush White
Untitled, (Before leaving..), 1995
Ink on paper
Signed by artists and dated verso, 14.875 x 10.875 in
Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Raymond Pettibon + Rush White
Untitled, (Verse Alone), 1995
Ink on paper
Signed by artists and dated verso, 14.875 x 10.875 in
Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
1
1
right:
Untitled, (Play Ball!), 1987
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 23 x 16.25
Original artwork for the printed edition
Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
left:
Untitled, (Play Ball!), 1989
Silkscreen
Signed/dated recto, 23 x 16.25 in
Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
1
The
Untitled, (1956 Chicago...), c. 1986
Ink on paper
16.825 x 14 in
Exhibited
Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
Untitled, (It is the motion..), 1987
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 22.5 x 17.325
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
2 Exhibited A Pen of All Work, New Museum, 2017
4 Exhibited Raymond Pettibon, (MACBA, GEM: The Hague..), 2002
5 Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
1.1 Illustrated in A Pen of all Work, New Museum, 2017. p134
Untitled, (Lumber Up), 1991
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 22 x 17 in
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
2 Exhibited A Pen of All Work, New Museum, 2017
4 Exhibited Raymond Pettibon, (MACBA, GEM: The Hague..), 2002
5 Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
1.1 Illustrated in A Pen of all Work, New Museum, 2017. p415
Untitled, (Does It Really Curve?), 1991
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 16.75 x 20.5 in
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
4 Exhibited Raymond Pettibon, (MACBA, GEM: The Hague..), 2002
5 Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
4.1 Illustrated in Plots Laid Thick, Museu d’Art Contemporani, 2002. p417
Untitled, (Of a bow..), 1991
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 22 x 30.325 in
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
2 Exhibited A Pen of All Work, New Museum, 2017
4 Exhibited Raymond Pettibon, (MACBA, GEM: The Hague..), 2002
4.1 Illustrated in Plots Laid Thick, Museu d’Art Contemporani, 2002. p422
above:
Untitled, (The dreadful woman..), 1989
Silkscreen
Signed/numbered recto, 21.875 x 15 right:
Untitled, (The dreadful woman..), 1989
Ink on paper
Signed/numbered recto, 21.875 x 15 in
Original artwork for the printed edition
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
5 Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
5 Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
Untitled, (Our Spiritual Height and Depth), 1986
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 14 x 11 in
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
2 Exhibited A Pen of All Work, New Museum, 2017
4 Exhibited Raymond Pettibon, (MACBA, GEM: The Hague..), 2002
5 Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
1.1 Illustrated in A Pen of all Work, New Museum, 2017. p136
4.1 Illustrated in Plots Laid Thick, Museu d’Art Contemporani, 2002. p413
Untitled, (Never sure of our ground..), 1987
Ink on paper
Signed/dated on verso, 23 x 18 in
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
4 Exhibited Raymond Pettibon, (MACBA, GEM: The Hague..), 2002
5 Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
4.1 Illustrated in Plots Laid Thick, Museu d’Art Contemporani, 2002. p414
Untitled, (To a tune..), 1991
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 22.25 x 30 in
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
2 Exhibited A Pen of All Work, New Museum, 2017
5 Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
1.1 Illustrated in A Pen of all Work, New Museum, 2017. p170
Untitled, (O Turk! O Empire!), 1987
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 23.75 x 18 in
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
4 Exhibited Raymond Pettibon, (MACBA, GEM: The Hague..), 2002
5 Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
4.1 Illustrated in Plots Laid Thick, Museu d’Art Contemporani, 2002. p170
Untitled, (Upon this background..), 1987
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 22 x 17 in 1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
5 Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
Untitled, (Asses to Misses) 1987
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 22.5 x 15 in
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
4 Exhibited Raymond Pettibon, (MACBA, GEM: The Hague..), 2002
5 Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
4.1 Illustrated in Plots Laid Thick, Museu d’Art Contemporani, 2002. p169
Signed/dated verso, 22.75
1 Exhibited The
5 Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
Untitled, (For man can..), 1987
Ink on paper
x 12.75 in
Black Flag Years, 2025
Untitled, (Every impulse of jealousy..), 1992
Ink on paper
Signed/dated verso, 22.5 x 13.75 in
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
2 Exhibited A Pen of All Work, New Museum, 2017
4 Exhibited Raymond Pettibon, (MACBA, GEM: The Hague..), 2002
5 Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
1.1 Illustrated in A Pen of all Work, New Museum, 2017. p361
prints x silkscreens
Signed/numbered recto,
1 Exhibited The Black
Exhibited Reader Dearest,
Signed/numbered
1 Exhibited
Exhibited
Untitled, (I value this..), c.1988
Silkscreen
26 x 19.75 in
Untitled, (At Least I Got To See Vegas), 1989
Silkscreen
recto, 32 x 24 in
Flag Years, 2025
1991-92
The Black Flag Years, 2025
Reader Dearest, 1991-92
Signed/numbered
1
Signed/dated
1
Untitled, (I Thought California Would Be Different), 1989
Silkscreen
in the print, signed recto, 36 x 24 in
Laguna Art Museum, 1989
Untitled, (Yes; but, alas..), 1990
Silkscreen
verso, 22 x 16 in
Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
1
1
Untitled, (Purity of line..), 1990
Lithograph
22 x 15 in
Untitled, (Open wide..), 1990
Silkscreen
Signed/numbered recto, 21.75 x 17 in
Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
Signed/numbered recto, 22.875 x 17.25 in
1
Signed/numbered recto, 26 x 19.75 in
Untitled, (The tea kettle..), 1990
Silkscreen
Untitled, (Once Upon a Thousand and One Nights), c. 1990's
Lithograph
Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
Untitled, (Only the fine..), 1990
Silkscreen
Signed/numbered recto, 14 x 11 in
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
Untitled, (It might easily here..), 1990
Silkscreen
Signed/numbered recto, 17 x 22 in
Signed/numbered
Signed/numbered
Untitled, (Crawling as we do..), 1990
Silkscreen
recto, 22 x 17 in
Untitled, (She Came Within Bloodshot), 1990
Silkscreen
recto, 22 x 17 in
Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
Signed/dated
1 Exhibited
Exhibited
Signed/numbered
1 Exhibited
Exhibited
Untitled, (The World Came Into The Church), c.1990s
Lithograph
verso, 26 x 21 in
Untitled, (The cathedral floor..), 1991
Silkscreen
recto, 21 x 17 in
The Black Flag Years, 2025
Reader Dearest, 1991-92
The Black Flag Years, 2025
Reader Dearest, 1991-92
top:
Untitled, (Our Lives Together To Shall End), c.1990s
Mixed media
Signed/numbered recto, 36 x 26 in
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
bottom left:
Untitled, (Alas!), c.1990s
Mixed media
Signed/numbered recto, 36 x 26 in
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
bottom right:
Untitled, (By my own..), c.1990s
Mixed media
Signed/numbered recto, 36 x 26 in
Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
Signed/numbered recto,
1 Exhibited The Black
Exhibited Reader Dearest,
Signed/numbered
Exhibited
Exhibited
Untitled, (Alice!), 1991
Silkscreen
22 x 17 in
Untitled, (Use The Moon), 1991
Silkscreen
recto, 30 x 22 in
Flag Years, 2025
1991-92
The Black Flag Years, 2025
Reader Dearest, 1991-92
1
1
Untitled, (Making It Whistle), 1991
Silkscreen
Signed/numbered recto, 22.25 x 30.125 in
Untitled, (Trillion stars..), 1991
Silkscreen
Signed recto, 24.5 x 18 in
Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
Signed/numbered
1
1
Signed/numbered
Untitled, (The Run Of The Ladder), 1993
Mixed media
recto, 40.5 x 30 in
Untitled, (A girl named Yoko..), 1992
Etching, hand colored
recto, 26.25 x 19.875 in
Josephine Press
Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
Signed/numbered
1 Exhibited The Black
Published
1 Exhibited The Black Flag
Untitled, (What Would You Have Me Say Ladies), 2002
Silkscreen
recto, 31 x 22 in
Untitled, (Good Year), 2002
Silkscreen
Signed by Pettibon + Gastelum, dated/numbered on recto, 30 x 22 in
by Hamilton Press, Venice, CA
Flag Years, 2025
Years, 2025
zines x more
Captive Chains, 1978
Artist’s book
10.5 x 7.25 in
SST Publications, First Edition
Meandering On a Riff, 1988
Artist’s book
Signed, 11 x 8.5 in
Illiterati Press, First Edition
Signed/numbered,
Josh Bayer + Raymond Pettibon
‘S Not Fake! ‘S Real!, 2001
Zine
8.5 x 5.5 in
Josh Bayer + Raymond Pettibon
Plot Burial, 2001
Zine
8.5 x 5.5 in
Michael Gira + Raymond Pettibon
Selfishness, 1985
Zine
8.5 x 5.5 in
Nelson Tarpenny + Raymond Pettibon
The Cloud of Unreading, c. 1980s
Zine
8.5 x 5.5 in
Tripping Corpse 2, c. 1980s
Zine
Numbered, 8.5 x 5.5 in
Tripping Corpse 6, c. 1980s
Zine
Numbered, 8.5 x 5.5 in
Tripping Corpse 9, c. 1980s
Zine
Numbered, 8.5 x 5.5 in
Story-Book Of Heaven, c. 1980s
Zine
Numbered, 8.5 x 5.5 in
The Express Sex Train, 1985
Zine
Numbered, 8.5 x 5.5 in
Freud’s Universe, 1982
Zine
Numbered, 8.5 x 5.5 in
page 139: page 140:
New Wavy Gravy, 1985
Zine
Numbered, 8.5 x 5.5 in
New Wavy Gravy 2, 1985
Zine
Numbered, 8.5 x 5.5 in
A Can at The Crossroads, 1985
Zine
Numbered, 8.5 x 5.5 in
Capricious Missives, 1983
Zine
Numbered, 8.5 x 5.5 in
At First Watching, 1985
Zine
Signed/numbered, 8.5 x 5.5 in
Cars, TV, Rockets, H-Bomb--You Name It, 1985
Zine
Numbered, 8.5 x 5.5 in
Short Teats, Bloody Milk, c. 1980s
Zine
8.5 x 5.5 in
The Skull Globe, c. 1980s
Zine
Numbered, 8.5 x 5.5 in
Horizonings: My Coming Crash (And How To Avoid It), c. 1980s
Zine
8.5 x 5.5 in
Like Death Valley, c. 1980s
Zine
Numbered, 8.5 x 5.5 in
Navigator s Wives, 1985
Zine
Numbered, 8.5 x 5.5 in
Pig Cupid, 1985
Zine
Numbered, 8.5 x 5.5 in
Liz, 1980
Zine
Signed/numbered, 8.5 x 5.5 in
Jane s Book of Fighting, 1985
Zine
Signed/numbered, 8.5 x 5.5 in
One Foot In The Mouth, One Foot On The Shel f, 1992
Zine
Signed/numbered, 8.5 x 5.5 in
38 Times Over Easy, c. 1980s
Zine
Signed, 8.5 x 5.5 in
The Language of Romantic Thought, 199 2
Zine
Signed/numbered, 8.5 x 5.5 in
Wein, Weib, und Gesang, 1985
Zine
Signed/numbered, 8.5 x 5.5 in
Up The Threshold, 199 2
Zine
Signed, 8.5 x 5.5 in
Horses Raped By Women, 1986
Zine
Signed/numbered, 8.5 x 5.5 in
Other Christs, 1982
Zine
Signed/numbered, 8.5 x 5.5 in
Exhibitions & Publishing Referenced
1
1 Exhibited The Black Flag Years, 2025
Raymond Pettibon: The Black Flag Years, ROBERT BERMAN GALLERY, Santa Monica, California,
January 2025 - April 2025.
2
2 Exhibited A Pen of All Work, New Museum, 2017
Raymond Pettibon: A Pen of All Work, Ne w Museum, New York, 8 February 9 April 2017
Itinerary:
Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastric ht, Netherlands, 1 June - 30 October 2017
3
9 3 Exhibited Sonic Youth: Sensational Fix, 2008-10
8 Exhibited Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Die , 1986 Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Die, Group Exhibition, Subliminal Projects, Los Angeles, California, 25 February - 26 March 2011
Sonic Youth etc.: Sensational Fix, LiFE - City of Saint-Nazaire, France, 18 June - 7 September 2008
Itinerary:
Museion, Bozen/Bolzano, Italy, 11 October 2008 - 4 January 2009
Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Germany, 31 January - 10 May 2009
Malmö Konsthall, Sweden, 29 May - 20 September 2009
Centro Huarte de Arte Contemporáneo, Navarra, Spain, October 2009 - January 2010
4
Exhibited Raymond Pettibon, (MACBA, GEM: The Hague, Tokyo Opera..), 2002
Raymond Pettibon, Museu d Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA), 8 February - 11
2
Itinerary:
Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Japan, 2 4 May - 15 August 2002
Musée Départemental d Art Contemporain de Rochechouart, France, 28 June - 22 Septem ber
2
GEM (KM21) Museum of Contemporary Art, T he Hague, Netherlands, 14 December 2002 - 9 March
5
5 Exhibited Reader Dearest, 1991-92
7
8
3.1
4.1
3
Raymond Pettibon: Reader Dearest, ROBERT BERMAN GALLERY, Santa Monica, California, 1991 - 1992
7 Exhibited A Pen of Work, 1988
Raymond Pettibon: A Pen of Work, ACE Gallery, ACE Contemporary, Los Angeles, California, 1988
8 Exhibited Social Distortion, 1986
Social Distortion, Group Exhibition, L.A.C.E. Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, 1986
1 1 Illustrated in A Pen of all Work, New Museum, 2017
Raymond Pettibon: A Pen of All Work. Edited by Massimiliano Gioni an d Gary Carrion Murayari.
New York: Phaidon Press in association with New Museum, 2017. I
3.1 Illustrated in Sonic Youth: Sensational Fix, 2009
Sonic Youth: Sensational Fix. Edited by Roland Groenenboom. LiFE - City of Saint-Nazaire, Museion,
Köln: Walther König, 2009. ISBN 978-3-86560-539-9
4 . 1 Illustrated in Plots Laid Thick, Museu d’Art Contemporani, 2002
Raymond Pettibon: Plots Laid Thick . Edited by Robert Groenenboom. Barcelona: Actar in collaboration with
Museu d Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA), 2002. ISBN 978-8495771111.
6
Illustrated in The Books, Ohrt & Koch, 2000
Raymond Pettibon, The Books 1978-1998 . Roberto Ohrt, Uwe Koch. Walther König, Köln, Germany, 2000.
ISBN 1-891024-17-5