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Dennis Cockell
A Group of Punk Rock-Style Tattoo Flash Including Designs For The Stray Cats, 1979-1987 7)
(unframed

3 March 2022, 10:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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Dennis Cockell

A Group of Punk Rock-Style Tattoo Flash Including Designs For The Stray Cats, 1979-1987
comprising of seven illustration boards with hand-coloured tattoo designs in ink and colour pencil, for Punk Rock-style tattoos including some of Dennis' signature designs for the Stray Cats logo in various colourways, as well as British Bulldogs, Union Jack flags, roses, daggers, skulls and a sheet of black and red elbow shapes, each board signed and dated by the artist in black ink
smallest 51 x 38cm (20 x 15in); largest 63.5 x 38cm (25 x 15in) each, (7)
(unframed)

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Provenance
Offered directly by tattooist, tattoo art collector and 'Diamond Jacks' studio owner, Darryl Gates

Not only is Dennis known for his exotic designs and colour schemes, he is also known the world over for his punk rock tattoos which are worn by many music personalities. The Stray Cats were known for their updated 1950s American Rockabilly style, elaborate hairdos and colourful tattoos. The Stray Cat's drummer Slim Jim Phantom has talked about his tattoos saying, "The first tattoo I ever had on my body was a Teddy Boy Stray Cat done by Bob Roberts in Los Angeles same as Brian (Setzer), but as soon as I was back in England I started gettin' tattooed by Dennis in Finchley Road." Early copies of the band's debut self-titled album in 1981 also contained bonus stick-on tattoos of the Stray Cats logo, this being the first time a tattoo artist had ever been credited on an album cover.

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