Hendrix 67 11 Sharp
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While searching around the net for information about this poster and anything I could find on it and previous printings, I came across this description which sounds pretty much spot on.
"Martin Sharp's print Jimi Hendrix captures the colour, vision, feel, and sound of 1967. Hendrix was a rock guitar virtuoso and 1967 was the year of his famous appearance at the Monterey Pop Festival. Martin Sharp has used a photo of Hendrix by Linda Eastman (later, Linda McCartney) as the base for this poster. To capture the raw emotion of his subject's
performance, he dissolves the image into bursts of electric colours. Sound becomes colour and Jimi Hendrix becomes an experience."
"Martin Sharp's print Jimi Hendrix captures the colour, vision, feel, and sound of 1967. Hendrix was a rock guitar virtuoso and 1967 was the year of his famous appearance at the Monterey Pop Festival. Martin Sharp has used a photo of Hendrix by Linda Eastman (later, Linda McCartney) as the base for this poster. To capture the raw emotion of his subject's
performance, he dissolves the image into bursts of electric colours. Sound becomes colour and Jimi Hendrix becomes an experience."
The ultimate diptych for me would be to hang the original Linda Eastman black&white photo beside the original Martin Sharp "explosion" print. Both have so much to offer. So similar yet so different.
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ORIGINAL Linda McCartney photos go for hundreds of thousands....
she only did 20 or so originals for every pic she took
she only did 20 or so originals for every pic she took
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Good point on cost, gunter. What I really meant was a great B&W photo from the original. The closest I've come to-date (which isn't too close, but at least it's a professionally done image) was this 11x17 museum exhibit poster 10 years ago:
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you can get official reprints with the family embossment on them for like $700
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Is anyone getting this? I've been staring at it for the last week...but $550? I need someone to talk me down.
My F/S Thread: http://forum.expressobeans.com/viewtopi ... 0&t=165165
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That's the opposite of talking me down
And I know...I feel like I'm just going to wait until the last second, close my eyes, and hit submit on paypal.
And I know...I feel like I'm just going to wait until the last second, close my eyes, and hit submit on paypal.
My F/S Thread: http://forum.expressobeans.com/viewtopi ... 0&t=165165
I know, but I'm looking at it this way . . . buy it today and save $60. I know I'll never be able to afford the original so this is the next best thing.mike123230 wrote:That's the opposite of talking me down
And I know...I feel like I'm just going to wait until the last second, close my eyes, and hit submit on paypal.
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Gah...yea, that's how I was looking at it...I was hoping to hear a reason NOT to buy itsschmotz wrote:I know, but I'm looking at it this way . . . buy it today and save $60. I know I'll never be able to afford the original so this is the next best thing.mike123230 wrote:That's the opposite of talking me down
And I know...I feel like I'm just going to wait until the last second, close my eyes, and hit submit on paypal.
My F/S Thread: http://forum.expressobeans.com/viewtopi ... 0&t=165165
Don't buy it... it's a reprint. It's not like you can ever think of it as an original, no matter how awesome it ends up looking in person.
I always defer to someone who's wearing a beater, regardless of what else he's wearing.
so is the BG-105 SS4 but I would give up plenty of my prized posters for that.Rick_a_c wrote:Don't buy it... it's a reprint. It's not like you can ever think of it as an original, no matter how awesome it ends up looking in person.