Characterized as the “James Dean of German Art” by Deborah Wye, in Prints: Masterworks from the Museum of Modern Art, Blinky Palermo’s cool demeanor and untimely death have long created an elusive figure. Growing up in Germany, Palermo was mesmerized by American culture, taking the name ‘Blinky Palermo’ from an American mobster. In title Palermo’s Happier than the Morning Sun to Stevie Wonder, notably recalls the artist’s fascination with popular American culture. Made after the artist moved to New York in 1973, the four grano-lithographs and plywood multiple that comprise the present lot remind of Palermo’s fierce dedication to abstraction. Created a year after his 1974 mixed media work of the same name, these prints and multiple celebrate two constants in Palermo’s work, the triangle and wood.