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Sex Pistols/Public Image Ltd: a shirt painted by Johnny Rotten, circa mid-1970s,
10 December 2015, 12:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge£1,000 - £1,500
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Sex Pistols/Public Image Ltd: a shirt painted by Johnny Rotten,
circa mid-1970s,
a cream nylon shirt with pin tucked bib detail on centre front, Lloyd label inside neck, blue and orange painted pattern to bib with portraits of band members on either side of the bib and to the back of the shirt including Glen Matlock, Johnny Rotten and Jah Wobble, phrases stencilled in blue paint overall including Public Image: Sod in Heaven, Butterflies, Antichrist, Stuff Christ and others, blue and orange pattern painted to collar and cuffs, Christ was a Prat No Fun stencilled in blue to the collar, J Rotten, Jah Wobble, Rotten stencilled to cuffs, together with a letter of provenance from the vendor
a cream nylon shirt with pin tucked bib detail on centre front, Lloyd label inside neck, blue and orange painted pattern to bib with portraits of band members on either side of the bib and to the back of the shirt including Glen Matlock, Johnny Rotten and Jah Wobble, phrases stencilled in blue paint overall including Public Image: Sod in Heaven, Butterflies, Antichrist, Stuff Christ and others, blue and orange pattern painted to collar and cuffs, Christ was a Prat No Fun stencilled in blue to the collar, J Rotten, Jah Wobble, Rotten stencilled to cuffs, together with a letter of provenance from the vendor
Footnotes
The vendor knew Vivienne Westwood and the Sex Pistols in the 1970s having lived with the English model and actress Jordan for a time. Johnny painted this shirt and gave it to the vendor as a gift.





















