Robert Williams’ sketch for “The Zombie Mystery Paintings”

Robert Williams’ sketch for “The Zombie Mystery Paintings” series.

Pencil on paper

Frame and mount 38 x 40 cm

Image 22 x 24 cm

Provedence: The Psychedelic Solution Gallery, New York

£950

Condition: Good condition with yellowing of paper. See images. 

A preliminary sketch by the well-listed artist Robert Williams Robert Williams (often signed as "Robt. Williams"), is the founder of Juxtapoz Art & Culture Magazine and a key figure in the Zap Comix collective.  The sketch depicts a stylised, skeletal zombie figure on the right and two dynamic, possibly belly-dancer-inspired female figures on the left, all rendered in Williams’ characteristic high-energy, conceptual realist styleThe scetch is signed lower right.    These sketches often served as the foundation for his "Zombie Mystery Paintings," which he famously described as "morally insolvent and grossly artistic