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The Sex Pistols

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The Sex Pistols
A proof promotional poster, designed for a concert at Club Du Chalet Du Lac, Paris, 1976 depicting a image of a guitar and four naked adolescent boys -- 31x21in. (78.7x53.3cm.); accompanied by a Sex Pistols press pack, the cover depicting flyers produced for various concerts, 1976 and two gummed promotional stickers designed by Jamie Reed for the single God Save The Queen, 1977, one with tea cup image, the other with safety pin image and She Ain't No Human Being caption, both -- 5½x4¼in. (14x10.8cm.) (4)

出版

BURGESS, Paul and PARKER, Alan Satellite, Sex Pistols, London: Abstract Sounds, 1999, pp. 77, 84, 95 (illus.)
SAVAGE, Jon England's Dreaming, London: Faber and Faber, 1991

拍品專文

This poster was designed for the Sex Pistols' first foreign concert on 3rd September, 1976. Only a hundred were produced and only three of the final posters bearing the lettering are thought to have survived. This poster is thought to be the final mock-up colour proof before the lettering was added. The image was a Malcolm McLaren design originally intended for a T-shirt, used apparently despite objections from Glen Matlock and Bernard Rhodes. In fact, when adding the concert details to this poster, Rhodes apparently tried to cover up the boy's genitals with the lettering and reportedly said "Malcolm likes to titillate, but I like to get down to substance."