Jerry Lewis: Hey Oscar! By Drew Friedman (b. 1958). 2008
Signed print, #13/40. Characters: Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin, Eddie Murphy, and Stella Stevens.
The image area is 11 ½” wide x 14” high, centered on an untrimmed 13” x 19” sheet. Unframed.
“Limited edition, archival-quality fine art print depicting nine reasons why Jerry Lewis deserves a Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to motion pictures. The work, by acclaimed illustrator/caricaturist Drew Friedman, has been reproduced in an edition of 40, with each print signed by the artist. (The original montage was created in 2004; as of the 2008 first release of this edition, Lewis has still been denied such an award.) … On February 22, 2009, Jerry Lewis received his first and only Oscar … for his “humanitarian efforts [that] have brought credit to the industry.” … Jerry Lewis still hasn’t received an Oscar for his film work.”