In 2011, I proposed to Crumb we use his last panel of the Whiteman Meets Bigfoot strip as the next etching edition. He liked the idea, but when he looked at the original strip, he wanted to "touch up" the artwork to make it better. He ended up starting all over, and made an entirely new rendition for the etching edition. I paid him a couple of thousand to do the "touch up" work, and surprisingly, he very generously gave me the original artwork in order to get the film made for the etching plate (instead of sending a good copy of the artwork). The edition was released in January of 2012.
I sold the artwork earlier this year for $12,000, but the buyer, for personal reasons, must now liquidate most of his material possessions and asked me to resell the artwork for him. I agreed to place it on the Newsletter this summer. Please contact me directly if you're interested in purchasing this original artwork for $12,000. My email address is: alexanderwood@sbcglobal.net
