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Lot 1336

A large archive of photographs of Guns N' Roses

1 March 2015, 10:00 PST
Los Angeles

US$6,000 - US$8,000

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A large archive of photographs of Guns N' Roses

725 color transparencies of the band taken by photographer Robert John during the height of their fame in the early-mid 1990s. John met the band through guitarist Izzy Stradlin and began accompanying them on tour as their official photographer. He has since published a book of his photographs, Guns N' Roses: The Photographic History (1993). Photographs in this lot include behind-the-scenes images from the filming of music videos "Estranged," "Don't Cry," "November Rain," and "Since I Don't Have You"; the band's performance during the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards; on and off-stage during the "Use Your Illusion" tour; and many images from promotional shoots. Other celebrities featured in the photographs include Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Lenny Kravitz, Michael Jackson, and Ronnie Wood.
Provenance: Given by Robert John to Simon Kenton of IDOLS, the band's European publicist; Collection of Doug Pope, a sound engineer who toured with Guns N' Roses from 1990 to 1993.

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