Rency Art · Art / Tribute · 2022
Warhol — Basquiat
$2.00 · Hand Signed by Rency
Obverse (top) and reverse (bottom) — Notofilia.com Collection
Country
United States
Artist
Rency
Title
WARHOL BASQUIAT Famous Artists Pop Art — Genuine $2 U.S. BillWarhol Basquiat — Celebrated Pop-Art Artists — Genuine U.S. Two-Dollar Bill
Year
2022
Medium
Fine-art giclée on a genuine legal-tender two-dollar bill (Fine Art Giclée on Genuine $2 U.S. Bill)
Face denomination
$2.00 (two dollars — U.S. legal tender)
Dimensions
Approx. 6" × 2.5" (152 × 64 mm)
Edition
Art edition — hand-signed by Rency
Signature
Hand-signed by artist Rency
Classification
Rency Art / contemporary exonumia —nois a bank issue catalogable in neither Pick nor Friedberg
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About the Work
This piece pays tribute to Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat—two foundational figures of pop art and street art of the 1980s—through a giclée intervention on a genuine two-dollar bill.
It fits into Rency's line of dialogue with icons of contemporary art while subverting the support of the national currency. The Notofilia specimen isHand-signed by the artist.
Obverse
- Dual tribute:a visual reference to Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat, two leading figures of pop art and contemporary urban art.
- Colorful phrases:a series of superimposed pop expressions in the tradition of Rency's works on currency.
- Giclée on $2 bill:High quality printing on genuine federal two dollar bill.
Reverse
- Artist's Signature:hand signed by Rency on the verso.
- Original engraving:elements of the standard back of the two-dollar bill visible next to the intervention.