Description

Chris Ofili. Regal (2000). Edition of 300. Lithographic print in 4 colours on a silkscreened glow-in-the-dark background, printed on Colorplan 270 gsm paper. Produced by K2. 29 x 40cm (11 x 16 in). Signed, numbered and dated by the artist. With Ofili's signature layering, intricacy, and delicate detail, 'Regal' is an edition created from a number of drawings and watercolour studies of black portraits in profile Ofili produced in 2000. It's a combination of a psychedelic pencil pattern drawing and silk-screened in glow-in-the-dark ink, which has been litho overprinted with a watercolour image of a man's head.