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KENNETH ANGER SIGNED LTD PRINT OF THE 1980 LUCIFER RISING PREMIERE POSTER!

STRICTLY LIMITED IN AN EDITION OF 333 PRINTS, EACH 21″ X 36″ PRINT IS INDIVIDUALLY NUMBERED AND HAS BEEN HAND-SIGNED BY KENNETH ANGER

1980 POSTER FOR THE FINAL RELEASE OF “LUCIFER RISING”

LUCIFER RISING IS PERHAPS ANGER’S MOST AMBITIOUS WORK; ITS SUBJECT – LUCIFER, THE FALLEN ANGEL – POSSESSED AND INSPIRED ANGER FOR YEARS. CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY VIEWS LUCIFER AS THE PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL; ANGER’S TASK WAS TO DEPICT HIM AS A BRINGER OF LIGHT. TO DO THIS, ANGER INVITED MARIANNE FAITHFUL (LILITH), DONALD CAMMELL (OSIRIS), MYRIAM GIBRIL (ISIS), JIMMY PAGE AND OTHERS TO CELEBRATE HIS VISION IN EXOTIC LOCATIONS IN EGYPT, GERMANY, ICELAND, GREAT BRITAIN AND INDIA. HE RETURNED WITH FOOTAGE CONTAINING SOME OF THE MOST STRIKING IMAGERY EVER CAPTURED ON FILM.

ALWAYS THE PERFECTIONIST, ANGER RECUT THE ENTIRE WORK FOR FINAL RELEASE IN 1980, ADDING A HAUNTING MUSIC TRACK RECORDED BEHIND THE WALLS OF TRACY PRISON BY HIS ORIGINAL LUCIFER, BOBBY BEAUSOLEIL, NOW SERVING A LIFE SENTENCE.

ANGER HAS CALLED LUCIFER RISING “VISUAL MUSIC’: HIS VISION OF A WORLD IN WHICH EVERYTHING IS MIRACULOUS AND STRANGE.

THIS OFFICIAL KENNETH ANGER FINE ART PRINT IS PART OF A LIMITED EDITION WHICH HAS BEEN PRODUCED TO THE HIGHEST STANDARDS TO BE FRAMED AND DISPLAYED AS ART. KENNETH ANGER HAS WORKED CLOSELY TOGETHER WITH THE PRINTER TO PRODUCE THIS HIGHLY-COLLECTIBLE PRINT.