

Untitled (Glass of Water for Sale)
2021
This characteristically deadpan work by David Shrigley presents a simple line drawing of a glass of water accompanied by the handwritten text GLASS OF WATER FOR SALE and SERIOUS OFFERS ONLY, rendered in his instantly recognisable naive script. The piece is a wry meditation on value, commerce, and the absurdity of consumer culture, inviting the viewer to question what constitutes a worthy object of desire or exchange. Shrigley transforms the most mundane of subjects into a vehicle for dry wit and subtle conceptual inquiry. As a unique hand signed work on paper it carries the full weight of the artist's singular voice.
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- Ink and marker on paper
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- Signed
- Yes
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Notes
Unique work (not an edition). Framed size matches artwork size: 30 x 21 cm. Medium categorised on listing as Drawing, Collage or other Work on Paper. Hand-signed by artist per listing. Make an Offer option available alongside Purchase.
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Saul Steinberg
American (Romanian-born) · b. 1914

Steinberg combined minimalist ink line drawings with philosophical and linguistic wit, using crude yet precise mark making to deliver absurdist conceptual statements. His word based imagery and deliberately naive figuration share the same deadpan communicative economy seen in this Shrigley print.

Raymond Pettibon
American · b. 1957

Pettibon fuses bold ink drawings with fragmentary text and suppression themes, creating works where language and crude figuration operate together as philosophical or political statements. His printmaking practice and use of stark black lines on paper closely mirrors the visual and conceptual register of this Shrigley piece.

Öyvind Fahlström
Swedish · b. 1928

Fahlström integrated typography, control imagery, and conceptual text into minimalist graphic works on paper, exploring themes of communication, secrecy, and systemic power. His fusion of word based art with bold printed mark making aligns directly with the silence and suppression themes present in this Shrigley offset lithograph.
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