"Pat Bag" - Mark Vallen 2010
Original hand-pulled Linoleum cut prints. Edition of 12.
Each print hand-signed and numbered by the artist
Size: 24.5" x 15.5" inches. Price: $400 plus shipping

Artist's statement:

In early 1979 I carved a linoleum block portrait of Pat Bag, the enchantingly sinister-looking bass player for The Bags, one of the first and most notorious late 70s punk rock bands in Los Angeles. At their earliest performances band members wore bags over their heads, and each was assured anonymity by taking "Bag" as a last name. It was in '79 that the band posed for me; soon after Pat left the group and began performing under her own name, Patricia Morrison. She eventually ended up joining The Damned, the first U.K. punk band to record a single, an album, and to tour the United States. Their 1977 visit to Los Angeles helped to ignite the L.A. punk scene, and in 1996 Morrison fittingly married The Damned's lead singer, Dave Vanian.

Each print in the edition was hand-pulled by master-printer John Greco on beautiful heavy white paper (acid free) using Dan Smith traditional relief ink; all prints are embossed in the lower right corner with the Josephine Press logo. Adhering to the time-honored practice in traditional printmaking, a final "cancellation print" was made after I cut a large "X" cut through the linoleum block - signifying the edition is closed and no further prints can be published from the block.

To read more about the history of this print, read LA Punk '79: The Lost Linoleum Print - Pat Bag.