Stayhigh 149 (1950) - NONE

From the Collection of graffiti artist ALE ONE.
2004 STAYHIGH "149" VOICE OF THE GHETTO "art on one page!
9" X 12" inch Black book paper.
Signed and dated 2004 .
30.48 Width cm x 22.86 cm Height
Condition: Good. Some minor smudges on a few spots .
Vintage from 2004.
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About Stayhigh 149:

During the early 1970s STAY HIGH 149's name adorned hundreds of New York City's subway cars, particularly on the IRT division. He is one of the most famous, influential and admired writers in the history of New York City aerosol art. Most notably admired for his unique tag. He drew a smoking joint as the cross bar for his "H". Each tag was accompanied by a stick figure from the television series The Saint. He also frequently wrote the phrase "Voice of the Ghetto". His logo/name came to define "street cool" for many subsequent generations of writers.

One of the most famous pieces in aerosol art to date is the STAY HIGH 149 top-to-bottom on the IRT subway; documented in Norman Mailer's 1974 book The faith of Graffiti. The painting done in 1973, was an early top-to-bottom whole car. As with most pieces of the time period, it was basically an extremely large version of his tag. His subway paintings also appeared in 1974 in a Richard Goldstein article for New York Magazine. STAY HIGH also participated in early presentations of graffiti art on canvas at Hugo Martinez's United graffiti Artists.

By 1974 STAY HIGH had pretty much retired from writing. After his retirement he was seldom seen and eventually went into total obscurity. His absence would span almost twenty years. In June of 2000 he made his first public appearance in the graffiti community at The State of the Art gallery in Brooklyn. The many writers who met him for the first time were nothing short of awestruck. He remains an unblemished icon within the aerosol art culture.

Wayne Roberts(Stayhigh) died at the age of 62 in 2012.

Now in 2024 Stayhigh "149" artwork is highly collected .