{"product_id":"wool-prankster-card-1980s","title":"Christopher Wool — Prankster Card, c. late 1980s–early 1990s","description":"\u003cp\u003eGraphic card\u003cbr\u003e15 × 21 cm\u003cbr\u003eOffset print on card stock\u003cbr\u003eBlank verso, unsigned\u003cbr\u003ec. late 1980s–early 1990s\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGraphic card reproducing Christopher Wool’s \u003cem\u003ePrankster\u003c\/em\u003e stencil work, likely produced in connection with an exhibition, publication, or promotional circulation surrounding his early text-based practice. The fractured black typography aligns with Wool’s late-1980s language works, where words are compressed into image, surface, and obstruction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe piece can also be loosely situated within a lineage extending from Concrete Poetry and experimental typography into post-minimal and conceptual painting. Language here is treated less as readable text than as physical arrangement: letters become structure, rhythm, interruption, and graphic mass. The word remains legible while simultaneously collapsing into abstraction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe blank reverse suggests the object may have functioned as a tipped-in publication plate, loose catalogue insert, or retained promotional support rather than a standard mailed invitation. Detached from its original system, the card now operates somewhere between reproduction, fragment, and autonomous printed object.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Good vintage condition. Light surface wear, soft handling marks, minor creasing and age toning consistent with period printed ephemera.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA minor but exact piece of Wool-related ephemera. Language reduced to graphic structure. Paper retained long enough to change status.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShipping and handling included in the listed price.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The New Rare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53751019503954,"sku":"WOOL-UNKNOWN-INV-1988","price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/5636\/1554\/files\/Wool_Christopher._Prankster_card_unique_ephemera._Unsigned.jpg?v=1781500582","url":"https:\/\/thenewrare.com\/products\/wool-prankster-card-1980s","provider":"The New Rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}