Thursday 21 August 2014

JOHN´S FIRST EVER SELF PORTRAIT ON SALE FOR £3 MILLION

John Lennon's first ever self portrait on sale for £3million
This earliest known self-portrait by John dates back to 1958
John's first ever self portrait on sale for £3millionThis earliest known self-portrait by John dates back to 1958.
However, before the Beatles even began, John studied at Liverpool College of Art along with Stuart Sutcliffe.
This rather self-portrait is set to sell for £3million at a London auction house.
The expressionist piece dates back to 1958, an important year for the then 18-year-old John as it was this year his mother was killed in a car accident, he played with Paul and George for the first time and he met his first wife, Cynthia Lennon.
Louise Cooper, the owner-managing director of CooperOwen Music Media Auctions of London which is selling the piece, said: ‘This is a unique item and we are anticipating interest from Lennon and Beatles’ collectors around the world.’
Cooper described the work as similar to Sutcliffe’s artwork from the same period.
Stuart Sutcliffe later left the band during their first tour to Hamburg to enroll at the Hamburg College of Art, yet tragically died of a brain aneurysm aged 21 in 1962.

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