May 25, 2017 - Sale 2449

Sale 2449 - Lot 269

Price Realized: $ 875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
MARTIN SHARP (1942-2013) SEX! 1967.
29 1/4x19 3/4 inches, 74 1/4x50 1/4 cm. Big O Posters Ltd., London.
Condition A-: creases in margins and image. Printed on metallic paper.
Martin Sharp founded OZ magazine in Australia in 1963 and soon ran afoul of the censors. After being arrested there for obscenity, he moved to England where he became friendly with Eric Clapton. With his foot firmly in the door of the music world, Sharp went on to design album covers, band posters and posters addressing various social issues (cannabis, sex, love) while simultaneously publishing a British version of OZ magazine. High Art p. 118.