CHEAP THRILLS: Janis Joplin & R. Crumb. By Drew Friedman (b. 1958).

Limited edition print 4/30, signed.

17 wide” x 22” high, unframed, 25 ½” x 27”, framed.

“This work was commissioned as a painting by a private collector who owns the original 1968 Crumb Cheap Thrills artwork. It was intended as a companion piece to hang adjacent to the original in the collector’s office. Although image rights are retained by Drew Friedman, approval was granted by the collector for us to issue this work as a limited edition replica. Only thirty (30) prints of CHEAP THRILLS were produced for this edition. Each full-color print is signed in the lower right, hand-titled in the center, and numbered in the lower left (all beneath the image). The image area is 13-3/4″ high x 13-5/8″ wide on an untrimmed 22″ x 17″ sheet.”

On August 17, 2018, the final print of the original edition was sold.

“This work depicts Drew Friedman’s old friend (and favorite artist) Robert Crumb presenting his original Cheap Thrills comic strip album cover art to Janis Joplin (with members of her band, Big Brother and the Holding Company, milling around) in 1968. The (fictitious) incident is pictured taking place backstage at the Fillmore West concert hall in San Francisco.”

(See Drew Friedman Fine Art Prints.)

(See the original Cheap Thrills album cover, below.)