JONATHAN WINTERS | SILKSCREENS — I thought this was interesting. Stand-up comic and mentor to many began as an artist and is now back doing art. But aren’t we all doing art nowadays?
This original slikscreen print has been hand printed in 12 colors in an edition of 50 and hand signed and numbered in pencil by the artist.
The print measures 22 x 28 inches on Coventry cotton paper.
found by Tom McMahon
For Kindle and with free ePub version. Only $9.49 Great reading.
Here is what Gary Shapiro CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) said: Dvorak's writing sings with insight and clarity. Whether or not you agree with John's views, he will get you thinking and is never boring. These essays are worth the read!
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Love Johnathon…
I’d be an artist if I could get $30,000 for fifty copies of a silkscreen. I’d not only hand sign and number them, I’d add lip prints. Alas, fat chance of making a sale…
Jonathan, gave me many of laughs at times. He must be in 80’s by now.
I have always enjoyed Jonathan’s comedy.
While I was stationed with the USAF in Germany around 1986 he did some spots on AFRTS (Armed forces radio and TV service) for the Army troops, showing them how to write a check. The video showed a person filling in the check and signing it ‘john doe’. Well as you can imagine at least one troop took the announcement literally. I was in the AMEX bank a few days later and overheard a bank employee explaining to a young soldier that he had to sign HIS OWN name on checks. You had to be there to really appreciate it!
Then there was the other time when I heard “What do you mean I don’t have any money, I still have checks!” from another soldier.
#4 – Paul – So true. I have heard this also from comics over the years.
God bless him. His influence on free-form stand-up comedy cannot be over emphasized. There would be no Robin Williams the comic, who has said so many times, if not for Jonathan Winters. Winters lived right on the edge of (in)sanity for quite a while.
A crazy artist – my kind of guy.
“He must be in 80’s by now.”
Well, if you trust Wikipedia, exactly 80. Born November 11, 1925, in Dayton, Ohio.
His website says he was born in 1925 also in case you don’t believe Wikipedia.
“It’s a mad, mad, mad, mad world”. One of the few movies I’ve every bothered to own. I bet even an old crank like Mr. Dvorak likes that movie.