Artist: Frank Stack. Frank Huntington Stack b.1937 is an American underground cartoonist and fine artist. Working under the name Foolbert Sturgeon to avoid persecution for his work while living in the Bible Belt, Stack published what is considered by many to be the first underground comic, The Adventures of Jesus, in 1964.
Title: Service Station.
Titled, Dated, and Signed in plate: unsigned. Inscribed verso [illegible] then "proof".
Dimensions: sheet 9 1/4" x 11".
Edition: of 100.
Date: 1970.
Materials and Techniques: Etching on wove paper.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: on the margins of the sheet there are remains of glue and old passepartout. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Museums and Libraries: The Lilley Museum of Art. Inv: 2014.1.567.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: American School XX C.
Acknowledgement: This entry incorporates text from Wikipedia and the catalog entry of a similar item from The Lilley Museum of Art collection.