1970 s Original Ed Big Daddy Roth Art MAN FROM UNCLE

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ORIGINAL ED ROTH ARTWORK MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. A TV SPY SERIES STARRING ROBERT VAUGHN AND DAVID McCALLUM THIS 1929 MERCEDES MODEL 'K' APPEARED ON "UNCLE". McCALLUM DROVE IT. BODY BY HIBBARD AND DARRIN OF PARIS. SUPERCHARGED SIX CYLINDER ENGINE ! POSTER BOARD IS APPROX 31" WIDE BY 36" LONG, CIRCA MID 1970s. SOME MINOR WATER DAMAGE, TEARS, WARPAGE AND FLAKING. OVERALL VERY NICE CONDITION WOULD LOOK GREAT FRAMED _____________ ____________________________________________ If you are a real connoisseur of American hot rods, you will recognize the names of the men who painted the flaming banners, eyeballs sprouting wings and gold stripes on custom cars and motorcycles in the 1950's and 1960's.This artwork was the product of a Southern California "school" of popular art known as Kustom Kulture; it grew out of the car world in the 1960's and moved into the worlds of art and politics. Kustom Kulture, a term coined in the 1990s, describes the rebellious hot rod and motorcycle culture that began in the 1930s and hit its peak in 1960s California. It was popularized by movies like "The Wild One" with Marlon Brando (1953).Jimmy and Danny Brucker are members of the family that founded MovieWorld: Cars of the Stars, a museum in Buena Park, California, that was open from 1970 to 1979. During this time they employed both Ed "Big Daddy" Roth and Von Dutch, and the Bruckers amassed a large collection of their work. This artwork is from that collection. Ed "Big Daddy" Roth The Father of Rat FinkEd Roth, known as Big Daddy (1932-2001), was another Kustom Kulture artist, one portrayed in Time magazine as the "supply sergeant to Hell's Angels." He was fascinated by motorcycles, especially choppers and three wheelers, and produced what is thought to be the first biker magazine, called Choppers.Ed "Big Daddy" Roth was born in Beverly Hills on March 4, 1932. He grew up in a German speaking household with a younger brother, Gordon. In school Ed learned to speak English and he liked to draw. Ed was able to do his homework and keep up with the rest of the class while he drew pictures of airplanes, hot rods, and monsters. His father Henry was very strict with the brothers and kept the two out of trouble by supplying them with tools and a workshop. Ed's dad was a German cabinet maker and it was in the workshop w Ed learned how to build crazy stuff out of wood. Around 1955, after an honorable discharge from the Air Force, Ed began working at Sears in the Display Department and started pin striping cars after work. As his family grew so did the bills. In 1958 Ed went to work full time with "The Baron" and his grandson Kelly. Using junkyard parts and a newly developed product called fiberglass, Ed created automobiles in his garage. Ed's first car was called the "Little Jewel" and then shortly after that came the "Outlaw", which showed the world that anyone could design and build a car without being some kind of certified automotive engineer. All you really needed was imagination, some motor head know-how, a lot of elbow grease, and gumption. Presto! His garage became his studio w other creations came into light which include the "Beatnik Bandit" and "Rotar". Ed became Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, a hot-roddin' gear head, mad scientist, and struggling artist who financed his inventions by selling drawings and t-shirts at drag events, fairs, and car shows. Ed would draw cartoons of monsters that he created and pictures of cars. But when he personally airbrushed t-shirts with the monsters driving the cars, people went crazy and would line up at his booth.Ed's most popular monster was Rat Fink. Rat Fink started as a drawing that Ed had put on his refrigerator. "Big Daddy" was a genius at designing cars, but it was Rat Fink that brought him fame. By 1963, teenagers across America were buying Rat Fink model kits and mass-produced Rat Fink T-shirts. It was in the mid 60's and all kinds of cr... read more

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