Virgil Abloh Reaper I For Sale

Edition

Edition of 200

Virgil Abloh's "Reaper I" from 2019 exemplifies the designer's ability to transform familiar iconography into provocative artistic statements. Rendered as a lithograph on transparent material, the work takes the archetypal figure of death—the hooded reaper—and filters it through Abloh's distinctive visual vocabulary. The choice of transparent substrate adds a conceptual layer, suggesting the liminal space between presence and absence, visibility and invisibility, that death itself occupies in the collective imagination. The piece demonstrates Abloh's signature approach of extracting symbols from their original contexts and reframing them within contemporary discourse. The reaper, a figure borrowed from medieval allegory and subsequently absorbed into skateboard graphics, heavy metal album covers, and tattoo culture, becomes a meditation on mortality that transcends any single subculture. Abloh understood that streetwear and high art share a common language of borrowed imagery, and "Reaper I" operates fluently in both worlds. The lithographic technique grounds the work in traditional printmaking while the transparent material pushes it toward something more experimental and installation-ready. This tension between craft heritage and conceptual innovation runs throughout Abloh's practice, whether in his quotation-marked designs for Off-White or his boundary-dissolving work at Louis Vuitton. "Reaper I" reminds viewers that Abloh's artistic concerns extended far beyond fashion into questions of symbolism, legacy, and what endures after we are gone. For collectors seeking to acquire this significant work by one of the most influential creative voices of his generation, Guy Hepner offers expertise in navigating the market for Virgil Abloh's limited edition prints and multiples.