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David Bowie: A Promotional Poster for Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) Creeps David Bowie, 1980, image 1
David Bowie: A Promotional Poster for Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) Creeps David Bowie, 1980, image 2
Rock & Pop
Lot 205

David Bowie: A Promotional Poster for Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) Creeps David Bowie,
1980,

24 May 2023, 12:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

£800 - £1,200

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David Bowie: A Promotional Poster for Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) Creeps David Bowie,

1980,
For RCA Records and Tapes, design artwork and photography by Edward Bell,
24in x 48in (61cm x 122cm)

Footnotes

David Bowie attended Edward Bell's first exhibition in Covant garden Gallery in 1980 and was sufficiently impressed to ask him to design the next album sleeve which was reqiured within a week. He also encouraged Bowie to smear his lipstick i pursuit of a more decadent image of Pierrot. the resulting artwork bore the influence of Warhol portraits of the period.

Provenance
This poster is from the collection of Roger Crimlis, and appears in the books, Cult Rock Posters, Aurum Press Ltd and Pin UPs, Cadiz Music.

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