Smoking Head
2004
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
2004
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Smoking Head is a 2004 by Tony de Latour, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This sketch shows a weird, cartoonish face with a cigarette dangling from its mouth. The head is huge, with one big eye and a wild, curly hairline. Below, a stick-figure body holds a cross, and the word "INZ" repeats in jagged letters along the ground. A lightning bolt and a small circle float in the top-left corner. The title *Smoking Head* hints this might be playing with words or ideas—like how the face looks both human and a little creepy. The loose, sketchy lines make it feel fast and rough, not polished. If you like this style, check out the Victoria and Albert Museum for more prints like it.
The print depicts a man's head in profile, with a cigarette clenched between his teeth and a look of distress in his eyes. His ear is adorned with studs encircling the lobe, and his hair resembles the shape of an ancient helmet. This work is part of a portfolio of 24 prints created for the SOFA Print Project in 2004.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Tony de Latour’s prints blur pop and street with a bold line. Try *Smoking Head* (2004), a print where a cartoonish face exhales smoke like a neon sign. The work sits in the same print tradition as Basquiat’s early…
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