LA II / LA ROC (Angel Ortiz 1967 American) Pottery Vase Initially Painted Red then Painted Black and then Covered with Acrylic Gold Paint Graffiti Bottom Painted in Silver Signed and tagged Throughout Dimensions 9"H x 7"W Circa: 1990s LAII New York City graffiti artist LA II (a.k.a. Angel Ortiz) is best known for his collaborations with Keith Haring Ortiz career took off after Haring spotted his Little Angel tag upon moving to New York and asked to meet the then-teenage artist Throughout the 80s Haring and Ortiz combined their signatures to create murals sculptures train paintings and other objects and Ortiz style and technique are thought to have influenced Haring solo practice from then on Along with several joint exhibitions of his work and Haring's Ortiz's own mix of contemporary symbols with Asian calligraphy has been shown in galleries and museums across the United States Pop Art MCM Mid Century Modern Andy Warhol Calder Very Good Condition Provenance of Kirk Enterprises NYC NY Out of Kirk Gallery New York City

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