Stay High 149

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Stay High 149 (born Wayne Roberts) is an African-American[1] graffiti artist.[2] He was called a "superstar" of the graffiti world in the late 1970s.[3] Widely considered to use one of the most famous graffiti tags in the world, his trademark includes a smoking version of the stick figure from the 1960's British television program The Saint.[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Millor, Ivor (2002). Aerosol kingdom: subway painters of New York City. University Press of Mississippi. pp. 41. ISBN 9781578064656. 
  2. ^ Pollitt, Katha (November 1982). "Rev. of Graffiti, Gays & A Dull Diary". Mother Jones Magazine. http://books.google.com/books?id=eeYDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT56. Retrieved 2 June 2010. 
  3. ^ Snyder, Gregory J. (2009). Graffiti Lives: Beyond the Tag in New York's Urban Underground. NYU Press. ISBN 9780814740453. http://books.google.com/books?id=rF4S3h0sVu0C&pg=PA24. 
  4. ^ History of Graf. daveyd.com. Retrieved 2011-4-15.

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