Ending 1st Aug, 2021 17:00

Timed Auction - The David Bowie Collection of Artist Edward Bell

 
  Lot 5
 

Edward Bell (British Contemporary) Scary Monsters Photoshoot Contact Sheet

Edward Bell (British Contemporary) Scary Monsters Photoshoot Contact Sheet, four photographs laid on paper, frontal portraits of David Bowie in full Scary Monsters era makeup and outfit, signed in pencil bottom right, inventory numbers in blue pen, measurements 29.5 x 21 cm (SH), frame 38 x 29 cm

Illustrated in Edward Bell's 2017 Unmade Up... publication, page 8

Provenance:

from the personal collection of Edward Bell

Sold for £1,300


Condition Report

The photographs are stuck with tape to a backing paper- there is some ageing of the tape. The items are framed under glazing, not examined external to the frame. The photographs appear in good condition and the surface generally well preserved, no obvious evidence for any rips, folds or creasing. the frame is new and in good condition. The paper appears in good condition, no obvious signs of rips, folds, creasing.

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