View The new Masthaystudios print archive here Dead & Company "Wharf Rat" VIP Tour Prints Greetings from Masthay Studios! Here we go folks, these are the ones everyone's been asking us about - this Friday we'll be dropping our VIP prints for the Dead & Company Summer Tour! Prints will be released at 12 noon EST, Friday July 7th through Bottleneckgallery.com .



I was asked by the good people at CID to illustrate what is probably my favorite Dead tune "Wharf Rat". Old man down... way down by the docks of the city. This tune has always meant so much to me, it embodies the full range of the human spirit, but I've always seen it as a lesson in having compassion and empathy for your fellow man, even if that means nothing more than hearing someones story.



These prints were only available to those who purchased VIP packages through CID. Full disclosure, there were two editions of this image created. The first is a letterpress edition hand carved and printed in my own studio in Hartford, CT. Only the highest tier VIP group received these prints from tour. The second, larger edition, was a silkscreen edition produced by the master printers at Good Thoughts in Boulder, CO. My artist edition and variants being released this Friday are part of the first letterpress edition. Stonehenge prints are not only signed and numbered but also embossed and doodled. Foil variants are signed/numbered and doodled. Here are the details:



Dead & Company "Wharf Rat" VIP Tour print

Summer Tour 2017

9 color linoleum block print

18”x24”



Stonehenge edition of 100 - signed, numbered, embossed & doodled - $85





Stained Glass Foil Variant edition of 50 - signed, numbered, doodled - $125





Oil Slick Foil Variant Edition of 25 - signed, numbered, doodled - $165





Watercolor Variant 1/1 - signed, numbered, embossed & doodled - $350





We'll have one last edition from this epic Dead & Company tour and its a very special one for me personally, our Wrigley Field collaboration. More details on those next week though...



Thank you all so much, hope everyone had a great 4th of July holiday, and hope everyone heading to NYC in a couple weeks has an amazing time! Maybe Ill run into a few of you one of the weekends.



Sincerely,



AJ

