iSketch842 by Jorge Colombo

iSketch818 by Jorge Colombo

Tuesday greetings, collector friends! We've got all kinds of good stuff percolating in JBP land -- we're getting ready to open Mixtape at the gallery on Friday, announcing this year's last group of Hot Shots on November 30th, looking forward to exhibiting the original, OMG-so-gorgeous-in-person paintings of Ms. Sarah McKenzie at the PULSE art fair in Miami, we're hiring and we're putting the final touches on our holiday offerings. As is always the case at JBP, there will be a lot of crossover in our art ecosystem during this season of giving. 99% of the gallery show consists of 20x200 editions and originals, providing you a chance to peer into the future and reminisce about the past. ('Tis the season, y'know.) And naturally, there are lots of Hot Shots in the mix.

As for 20x200 proper, we're gearing up to unleash our Twelve Days of Festivus, which will commence on Monday, November 30th (big JBP day! mark those calendars!) We'll be featuring two full weeks of new editions and special treats for 20x200 collectors. To go along with our made-up holiday celebration, I am going to play a made-up character -- the Easter Bunny -- and will be liberally sprinkling easter eggs* over our online domains throughout the season. We decided to offer up a few appetizers today, allowing a few fast-acting close readers of this newsletter to get some of our ridiculously affordable prints for free.

I only decided to announce these easter eggs this morning -- there's never a dull moment -- and yet, our long-ago-scheduled iSketch842 and iSketch818 prints from the delightful Jorge Colombo are the perfect vehicle. Those geniuses at Apple, makers of the iPhone upon which Jorge sketches, are legendary easter egg pranksters themselves. And they're cooking up those pranks just a little to the south of San Francisco, where Jorge has been perfecting his sketching away game.

In keeping with the SF theme, the answer to today's easter egg question can be found in this interview by 7x7 Magazine, which happened in anticipation of the trip during which today's editions were made. Hometown hero that he is, however, we'd be remiss to not give homage to the magazine that's made him famous. Our beloved Mr. Colombo's iSketches have graced the cover of not one, not two, but three issues of The New Yorker. Which brings us to our easter egg question:

What is the name of Jorge's editor at The New Yorker?

The first 5 people to email the correct answer to easteregg AT 20x200 DOT com will receive a gift certificate for $62.50, with which they can purchase the 11" x 14" iSketch print of their choosing.

If you're late to the party in reading today's newsletter, fear not! We'll be laying a few more eggs on collectors before day's end, via Twitter and Facebook. So don't delay, follow us on Twitter today! And don't forget to declare your fandom via Facebook while you're at it.

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