Live Auction 3135Pop Culture: Rock and Pop Memorabilia
Deep Purple
Lot 47

Deep Purple

Closed15 November 2011

Price Realised

GBP 625

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Deep Purple
Final artwork by John Judkins, depicting Ian Gillan of Deep Purple, as commissioned by 'I Was Lord Kitchener's Valet' for a poster [not produced], signed and dated J. Judkins 1971, gouache on cartridge paper -- 22¼x32in. (57x81cm.)

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John Judkins, whilst a student at Slade School of Art, was commissioned by the fashionable boutique I Was Lord Kitchener's Valet, to paint portraits of select Rock 'n' Roll stars, which in turn were reproduced in the form of personality posters.