Clive Barker (b. 1940)
Lot 150

Clive Barker (b. 1940)

Small Zip

Closed27 June 2017

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GBP 7,500

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Clive Barker (b. 1940)
Small Zip
signed and dedicated 'CLIVE BARKER/to/Sonny Freeman' (on the reverse)
leather and metal on wood
20 x 11¼ in. (50.8 x 28.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1963.

A gift from the artist to Sonny Freeman, and by descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

Sonny Freeman was a model and close friend of Barker’s, who shot to fame in the 1964 as the first ever Pirelli Calendar girl. Her first husband was The Beatles photographer, Robert Freeman and they lived in the same building as John Lennon and his wife Cynthia. It has been speculated that Lennon wrote The Beatles hit Norwegian Wood about Sonny, who despite being German by birth would tell people she was Norwegian.