{"product_id":"michael-godard-grape-confusion-artist-proof-45-50-sold-out-edition-rare","title":"MICHAEL GODARD —GRAPE CONFUSION ARTIST PROOF 45\/50 • Sold-Out EDITION RARE","description":"\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"1a53g2v\" data-start=\"157\" data-end=\"194\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eMICHAEL GODARD — “GRAPE CONFUSION”\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-section-id=\"1vqnwea\" data-start=\"195\" data-end=\"254\"\u003e\u003cspan role=\"text\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"199\" data-end=\"254\"\u003eAP 45\/50 • Sold-Out Artist Proof • Giclée on Canvas\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan role=\"text\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"199\" data-end=\"254\"\u003eTAKEN OUT THE THE PACKAGING JUST TO TAKE THE PICTURE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"256\" data-end=\"372\"\u003eApparently, \u003cstrong data-start=\"268\" data-end=\"372\"\u003egetting into Heaven is a little harder when you’ve spent your life committing the Seven Deadly Zins.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"374\" data-end=\"625\"\u003eOffered for sale is \u003cstrong data-start=\"394\" data-end=\"433\"\u003e“Grape Confusion” by Michael Godard\u003c\/strong\u003e, a wonderfully twisted look at the eternal struggle between good and evil—or, in Godard’s world, between the grapes who made the guest list and the ones desperately trying to crash the party.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"627\" data-end=\"757\"\u003eThis example comes from the \u003cstrong data-start=\"655\" data-end=\"713\"\u003esold-out Artist Proof edition and is numbered AP 45\/50\u003c\/strong\u003e, one of only \u003cstrong data-start=\"727\" data-end=\"756\"\u003e50 Artist Proofs produced\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-section-id=\"1raoim4\" data-start=\"759\" data-end=\"772\"\u003eTHE STORY\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"774\" data-end=\"906\"\u003eAt the Pearly Gates, the \u003cstrong data-start=\"799\" data-end=\"818\"\u003eHeavenly Grapes\u003c\/strong\u003e have clearly decided there will be \u003cstrong data-start=\"854\" data-end=\"906\"\u003eno last call and absolutely no uninvited guests.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"908\" data-end=\"1018\"\u003eBelow, the “zinful” grapes have constructed a makeshift vine ladder in one final attempt to sneak into Heaven.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1020\" data-end=\"1055\"\u003eUnfortunately, Heaven has scissors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1057\" data-end=\"1247\"\u003eThe Heavenly Grapes are busy cutting the vine while guarding the gates, and the Seven Deadly Zins below are discovering that a lifetime of bad decisions may finally be catching up with them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1249\" data-end=\"1275\"\u003eThen there’s \u003cstrong data-start=\"1262\" data-end=\"1274\"\u003eGluttony\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1277\" data-end=\"1430\"\u003eApparently too heavy for the vine to support, he has already crashed back to earth and sits stunned among the flames—\u003cstrong data-start=\"1394\" data-end=\"1430\"\u003estill clutching his chicken leg.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1432\" data-end=\"1443\"\u003ePriorities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1445\" data-end=\"1598\"\u003eMeanwhile, \u003cstrong data-start=\"1456\" data-end=\"1465\"\u003ePride\u003c\/strong\u003e appears to have decided that the whole operation is beneath him and has left his fellow sinners to figure things out for themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1600\" data-end=\"1710\"\u003eAnd just in case there was any question about who is winning, there’s a giant bottle waiting above the clouds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1712\" data-end=\"1764\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1712\" data-end=\"1764\"\u003eHeaven, apparently, has a very good wine cellar.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1766\" data-end=\"1931\"\u003eAs with so many of Michael Godard’s best works, the fun is in the details. 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