Art + Design 
11 February 2021
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Ed Paschke 1939–2004

No Fumare, Por Favore

1997
vintage PHS Cologram in light box 42 h × 32 w × 3½ d in (107 × 81 × 9 cm)
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $6,500
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Signed, titled and numbered to lower edge '1/6 No Fumare, Por Favore E.P.' Incised signature to lower right 'E. Paschke 97 (art)n'. This work is number 1 from the edition of 6 created in collaboration with Ellen Sandor and (art)n (Stephan Meyers and Janine Fron).
An example of this work resides in the permanent collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.

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Life is very much about rule breaking, about confrontation. Otherwise, history would just stand still. Someone has to come along and break the rules and try for whatever reason to go about things a different way.

Ed Paschke

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.

Auction Results Ed Paschke

Ed Paschke

Velveteen

estimate: $100,000–150,000

result: $125,000

Ed Paschke

Buenuto

estimate: $50,000–70,000

result: $62,500

Ed Paschke

Eye Balk, 1969

estimate: $15,000–25,000

result: $43,750

Ed Paschke

Accordian Shoes

estimate: $20,000–30,000

result: $38,400

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