Art & Design 
2 December 2021
Art & Design 
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Ed Paschke 1939–2004

Eye Balk, 1969

estimate: $15,000–25,000
result: $43,750
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Ed Paschke (American, 1939-2004) Eye Balk, 1969 oil on canvas signed right center and verso 38 1/2 x 27 1/2 Catalog Note: Paschke used Vern Fuller's 1968 Topps trading card to create the central imagery for this painting. Fuller was a second and third baseman for the Cleveland Indians from 1964 to 1970. The three repeated zombie faces are based on Tor Johnson's portrayal of Inspector Daniel Clay in Ed Wood's cult sci-fi/horror classic, Plan 9 from Outer Space, 1957, which was also Bela Lugosi's last film.

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Ed Paschke 1939–2004

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Nicknamed Mr. Chicago, Ed Paschke was born on the north side of the city in 1939. He attended The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), earning his BFA in 1961. Like many of his contemporaries, he made a living designing department store window displays and selling illustrations to various publications including Playboy. In 1962, Paschke was drafted into the army and stationed at Fort Polk in Louisiana where his primary responsibility was drawing guns and bullets for weapons manuals, subject matter that would surface in his artwork later in life. Upon returning to Chicago, he reenrolled at SAIC and earned his MFA in 1970. During this time, he visited Andy Warhol’s first museum exhibition held at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. The exhibit had a profound effect Paschke, who viewed Warhol’s critical acclaim as validation for the Pop- Art influenced paintings that he was creating.

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