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Armageddon Is It Too Much To Ask (large)
Signed Print

Harland Miller

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Medium: Etching

Edition size: 50

Year: 2017

Size: H 180cm x W 120cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Harland Miller's Armageddon Is It Too Much To Ask (large) (signed) is estimated to be worth between £9,000 and £13,500. This etching artwork, created in 2017, has a steady auction history, having been sold once since its entry to the market in March 2018. There have been no sales in the last 12 months, however, the artwork has shown a positive annual average growth rate. This work is part of a limited edition of 50.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
March 2023Tate Ward Auctions United Kingdom
March 2023Tate Ward Auctions United Kingdom
February 2023Tate Ward Auctions United Kingdom
February 2023Tate Ward Auctions United Kingdom
March 2018Forum Auctions London United Kingdom

Meaning & Analysis

The artist utilises various printmaking techniques in Armageddon Is It Too Much To Ask?. By employing polymer-gravure, photo-etching and block printing, Miller achieves a more graphic and superimposed finish. While at first glance the work might seem one dimensional, its main elements have in fact been given a multi layered appearance.

The disposition of the textual and the figurative components in this print have been revised, and the title no longer occupies the central panel. As opposed to the artist’s earlier adaptations of Penguin book covers, the observer is unlikely to be intimately familiarised with the source material utilised in this work. As a result, a different kind of relationship is formed between form, text and colour palette. In effect, the title is actually activated by the bold colour composition in the centre. A corresponding strategy and structure can be detected in Miller’s Happiness: The Case Against.

  • British artist, Harland Miller, is renowned for his irreverent reimagining of vintage Penguin book jackets. Playing with nostalgia, cultural, and literary references, the artist combines Pop Art motifs with the brushstrokes of Abstract Expressionism. Miller's paintings and prints are often imbued with dark humour, with works such as You Can Rely On Me I'll Always Let You Down being characterised by an undercurrent of satire and self-depreciation. Exploring the relationship between word and image has undoubtedly allowed Miller's art to comment on the frequent disconnect between representation and reality, and influence artists such as The Connor Brothers in their practice.

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