Discover a unique 1/1 original mixed media artwork by Death NYC, featuring Rolex Daytona imagery on three genuine $1 bills. Hand-signed, complete with a COA and floating acrylic frame. This striking pop art piece blends luxury with street energy, creating a captivating conversation starter. Ideal for collectors and interior designers--only one exists!
Death NYC • 1/1 Original
Mixed Media on Authentic U.S. Currency • Rolex Daytona x LV
One-of-One Composition on Three Genuine $1 Bills • Hand-Signed by the Artist
COA with Embossed Foil and Authenticity Plaque • Floating Acrylic Frame • Purchased Directly from the Artist
What You Are Getting
A true one-of-one (1/1) original composition by Death NYC, created across three authentic United States one-dollar bills. The artwork features a bold Rolex Daytona chronograph centerpiece layered with Louis Vuitton-inspired monogram motifs and dynamic paint splatter accents in red, blue, and pink. Each bill is individually integrated into a unified vertical composition, creating a stacked triptych format that amplifies the visual impact.
This is not a reproduction and not a standard edition print. It is a unique 1/1 execution -- hand-signed, purchased directly from the artist, and accompanied by a COA with embossed foil and authenticity plaque. Presented in a clear floating acrylic frame, ready to display immediately. Only one exists.
The Artwork
Three authentic dollar bills become the canvas for a collision of luxury, currency, and street energy. The Rolex Daytona dial sits at the center of the composition -- the watch that has become shorthand for aspiration, exclusivity, and the intersection of mechanical precision with cultural status. Layered over and around it, Louis Vuitton monogram motifs weave through the surface like a second currency, the visual language of fashion wealth overlapping with the literal language of financial wealth underneath.
The hand-applied paint splatter accents in red, blue, and pink break the precision apart. Where the Rolex and LV imagery represent control and luxury, the splatter represents chaos and the street. That tension -- between curated wealth and raw creative energy -- is the engine of the piece. The contrast between the worn, circulated surface of real U.S. currency and the bold graphic overlays creates a textural dialogue that no print on paper can replicate.
The vertical triptych format -- three bills stacked -- gives the piece architectural presence. It reads as a column, a totem, a visual stack of value in every sense of the word.
Artwork Details
| Artist |
Death NYC (Don't Easily Abandon The Hope -- New York City) |
| Medium |
Mixed media on authentic U.S. currency |
| Base |
Three genuine United States $1 bills -- real, circulated currency integrated into the composition |
| Subject |
Rolex Daytona chronograph centerpiece with Louis Vuitton-inspired monogram overlays and hand-applied paint splatter accents in red, blue, and pink |
| Edition |
1/1 (One of One) -- unique original, not an edition print |
| Signature |
Hand-signed by Death NYC |
| Display |
Clear floating acrylic frame -- the transparent frame allows the currency and artwork to appear suspended, viewable from the front with clean edges. Display-ready. |
| Condition |
New. Created, signed, and framed. Ready to display. |
Authentication and Provenance
HAND-SIGNED • 1/1 ORIGINAL • COA WITH EMBOSSED FOIL • DIRECT FROM ARTIST
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Hand-signed by Death NYC -- the artist's signature applied directly to the work
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Certificate of Authenticity included with embossed foil seal and authenticity plaque
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Provenance: Purchased directly from the artist -- the cleanest possible chain of ownership. No intermediary galleries, no secondary market history. Straight from Death NYC's studio to this listing.
Why 1/1 changes everything: Death NYC is widely known for limited edition prints in runs of 100. Those editions are accessible and collectible, but they are editions -- multiples exist. A 1/1 original on authentic currency is a fundamentally different category. There is no other impression. There is no duplicate. The scarcity is absolute, the provenance is direct from the artist, and the mixed-media execution on real U.S. bills adds a material dimension that no paper print can offer. For collectors moving from editions to originals, this is the threshold.
Cultural Context
This piece operates at the intersection of four cultural forces that define contemporary collecting:
American currency as canvas. Using real money as an art surface carries legal, symbolic, and visual weight. The dollar bill is simultaneously the most democratic and most loaded object in American culture. When an artist layers luxury imagery onto currency, they are making a statement about value, aspiration, and what money actually represents.
Rolex Daytona as cultural icon. The Daytona is not simply a watch -- it is the single most recognized symbol of luxury horology. Waiting lists stretch for years. Prices on the secondary market dwarf retail. In the visual language of contemporary art, the Daytona represents desire, patience, and status distilled into a mechanical object.
Louis Vuitton as pattern language. The LV monogram is the most globally recognized luxury pattern. It functions as a visual shorthand for aspiration and exclusivity, which is precisely why street artists appropriate it -- to question who owns that language and what it really means when it is layered onto a dollar bill.
Street art energy as disruption. The hand-applied paint splatter refuses to let the luxury imagery sit comfortably. It is the graffiti on the penthouse wall, the reminder that the street is always present beneath the surface of wealth. That tension is the point.
About Death NYC
Death NYC (Don't Easily Abandon The Hope -- New York City) is a contemporary pop and street artist known for blending luxury brand imagery, pop culture iconography, and financial symbolism into provocative mixed-media works. Operating at the intersection of Warhol-era pop art and modern street culture, Death NYC has built a global collector following through limited edition prints and, increasingly, through one-of-one originals that push beyond the edition format.
His work consistently interrogates the relationship between money, brand identity, and cultural value -- asking what happens when the symbols of wealth become the medium itself. The currency-based originals represent the most direct expression of this inquiry: literal money transformed into art that comments on money. Death NYC's collector base spans street art enthusiasts, luxury brand collectors, and contemporary pop art buyers who recognize the work's visual impact and thematic sharpness.
What Is Included
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Death NYC 1/1 original mixed-media artwork on three authentic U.S. $1 bills -- Rolex Daytona x LV monogram x paint splatter
- Hand-signed by Death NYC
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Certificate of Authenticity with embossed foil seal and authenticity plaque
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Clear floating acrylic frame -- display-ready
Who This Is For
Collectors of contemporary pop and street art seeking a 1/1 original rather than an edition print. Luxury culture enthusiasts drawn to the Rolex x LV crossover imagery. Death NYC collectors upgrading from editions to unique works. Interior designers sourcing a compact, high-impact conversation piece with immediate visual punch. Watch collectors and fashion collectors who see this as a cultural artifact that speaks their visual language. Or anyone who understands that a one-of-one original on real currency, direct from the artist, is a fundamentally different collectible than a numbered print -- and is priced accordingly.
Only one exists. When it sells, it is gone.
Shipping
Professionally packed and fully insured. The framed piece will be wrapped and cushioned to prevent any surface contact or movement during transit. Signature confirmation included. International shipping available upon request.
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