Rock Style from The Boyd Collection 
27 June 2019
Rock Style from The Boyd Collection 
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Jamie Reid

God Save the Queen banner for the Sex Pistols

United Kingdom, 1977
screenprint on silk 29 h × 42 w in (74 × 107 cm)
estimate: $2,000–3,000
result: $4,225
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Printed 'Copyright Jaime Reid 1977'.

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Artist and anarchist Jamie Reid designed the cover for the Sex Pistols' infamous 1977 album Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols, as well as accompanying press material and the “God Save the Queen” single cover. His ransom note-style collage, use of safety pins and defamation of English icons came to define the punk aesthetic of the late 1970s. In 2001, it was named the greatest record cover of all time by Q magazine. The present lot is from the original limited edition produced to accompany the record release, which also coincided with the Queen’s Silver Jubilee.

I AM AN ANTICHRIST
I AM AN ANARCHIST

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