Sleeper with Signs: Edition 24/30, 2024

Artspace and Monacelli are proud to announce Sleeper with Signs, a new variable edition of risograph prints with hand-colored drawings by Anthony Cudahy. His new series of 30 unique prints comes with a copy of the artist’s first comprehensive monograph by Monacelli, Spinneret, published as a companion to the artist’s current solo exhibition at the Ogunquit Museum of American Art in Maine.

Cudahy is a figurative painter whose tender scenes reveal the nuanced complexities of life. In masterful compositions, he creates a world for unspoken stories, intimate moments, and romantic gestures with diverse references from news footage and family photographs to Renaissance paintings. Personal and poetic, Cudahy's figures coalesce with the atmosphere of their environments in fluid brushstrokes. 

“Whilst I collect a lot of images, there’s no hierarchy between them…I keep some images for years, not knowing how I will use them or why they hold such potent and persistent significance. Eventually, they align with an idea or a sensation that I want to construct in a painting.” —Anthony Cudahy

The subject of a new profile in The New York Times, Cudahy is considered one of the vanguard artists working in his field today. His work has also been featured and reviewed in publications including Artforum, Frieze, BOMB, and Brooklyn Rail. His work is in the collections of the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami; Baltimore Museum of Art, MD; Kunstmuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands; and Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, among others. Proceeds from the sale of Sleeper with Signs will benefit the Ogunquit Museum and Doctors Without Borders.

Photography by Garrett Carroll

Anthony Cudahy received a BFA from Pratt Institute, New York in 2011 and completed an MFA at Hunter College, New York in 2020. Along with recent solo exhibitions at Grimm Gallery, London (2023), Hales Gallery, London (2023), Museum of Fine Arts, Dole in France (2023), Grimm Gallery, Amsterdam (2022), and Hales Gallery, New York (2022), Cudahy has participated in numerous group exhibitions, including at the ICA, Miami (2022) and FLAG Art Foundation (2021). His work is represented in the collections of the Baltimore Museum of Art, MD; Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, among others.  He lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.

All our frames are manufactured in the USA, using eco-friendly and sustainably sourced engineered hardwood for durability and a uniform finish that is free of defects. Frames are available in Black or White Satin and Honey Pecan.

All prints are hinged to a conservation quality, acid-free and lignin-free Alpha Cellulose matboard, using an acid-free linen tape. The mat's surface paper is fade and bleed resistant and is attached to a conservation quality foam-core mounting board that will keep the work safe from deterioration over time. Artworks with a deckled or decorative edges will be floated on the matboard, with acrylic spacers to separate the art from the glazing. All mounting is fully reversible, without any potential damage to the art.

All of our frames come with picture quality .090 mm plexiglass, which blocks 66% of UV to prevent color fading from exposure to light, keeping your art protected for years to come. It is now considered the industry standard for artists, museums and galleries throughout the world.

For images up to 30" x 40"

• 1 1/4” wide, 3/4” deep, with a 2 1/2” wide mat.
• We generally leave 1/4” - 1/2” of paper showing around the image, to accommodate signatures and for visual appeal.

For sheet sizes larger than 30” x 40" please contact an Artspace advisor for a custom quote.

Our art editions ship in 7 to 10 business days from New York.

Our framed art editions ship in 11 to 14 business days from New York.

This work is eligible for return within 30 days of receipt of delivery.

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