A striking three-colour screen print by artist Stephen Kelleher, dated 2005 and pencil-signed in the lower right margin. The print is titled ’49 A’ as inscribed in pencil at the bottom centre. The composition features a dense crowd of abstracted, stylised human faces rendered in continuous white line drawing on a bold green rectangular background, arranged as though packed inside a wheeled vehicle — suggestive of a bus or cart with four grey circular wheels visible at the base. A large pink oval speech bubble overlaps the upper right corner, bearing the word ‘MUERTE!’ (Spanish for ‘death’) in bold white type. Where the pink bubble overlaps the green field, the inks combine to create a warm olive-brown, demonstrating the layered transparency characteristic of hand-pulled screen printing. The faces themselves are drawn in a fluid, single-line illustrative style that recalls both African mask traditions and mid-century graphic art. The overall palette of green, pink, and grey on white stock gives the piece a fresh, playful quality that belies the darkly humorous text. This is a limited edition artists’ print rather than a conventional gig or film poster, and would suit collectors of early 2000s British illustration and screen print art.
No visible folds, tears, or foxing from photos. Print appears clean and flat. Hanging clips visible at top suggest display use but no pin holes confirmed in the print area itself.
