Peter Blake Ian Dury Signed Print Of All New Boots and Panties Cover

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Peter Blake Ian Dury Signed Print Of All New Boots and Panties Cover

Date: 2002

Signed By: Sir Peter Blake RA & Chris Gabrin In Pencil

Edition: 350 World Wide

Dimensions: Paper size 28″x 27″, Image size 20″x 20″

Condition: New – mint condition

Medium: Silkscreen in 26 colours on Somerset tub sized
310gsm

Design and artwork Sir Peter Blake with Chris Gabrin.

Photography Chris Gabrin
Limited edition fine art print
Signed and numbered by the Sir Peter Blake

Chris Gabrin talks about All New Boots and Panties

I first met Ian Dury in 1973 when his band Kilburn and the
Highroads were playing the pub circuit and immediately was
impressed by Ian Dury’s talent, wit and style. We became
friends and when Ian Dury signed to Stiff Records in 1977 he
called and asked me to take some pictures for his album
sleeve (untitled at the time). There was no particular theme
in mind and we started with some uninspiring shots outside
his flat in The Oval in South London. Ian Dury had his son,
Baxter, with him and suggested we went to a shop he knew,
Axfords in Victoria, which Sir Peter Blake had introduced
him to. I only shot 24 exposures and Baxter was in just four
of them. As soon as the films were developed Ian Dury came
round and we immediately chose the same shot. We were so
excited by the picture that we went straight into my
darkroom and made the first print. The album title New Boots
And Panties was subsequently coined by Ian Dury.
After Ians death in 2000, a tribute album was released, a
re-recording of New Boots by guest artists under the title
of Brand New Boots And Panties. Sir Peter Blake did a
painting of Ian Dury for the front cover and requested that
we use my photo on the back of the sleeve. Rob Smeaton of
Rockoptic, an old friend from my art college days, was
working with Sir Peter Blake on publishing limited edition
prints of his work and came up with the brainwave of a joint
artwork combining the two images.

Working with Sir Peter Blake was one of the highlights of my
life. This unforgettable experience, however, was tempered
with sadness over the loss of Ian Dury.

The subsequent artwork, All New Boots And Panties, which we
created with the aid of Brad Faine, Peters long-time
printmaker is a both a tribute and a fond farewell to Ian
Dury from both of us.

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