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STEPHEN SPROUSE (1953 - 2004)
Sid Viscious. Screen print and acrylic on canvas, 1988. Inscribed, Merry Christmas. Happy 89, John [Reinhold]. Thanks for being my friend. Love signed, Stephen, and dated, 88, on stretcher. 1880x1880 mm; 74x74 inches.
Provenance: The artist; John Reinhold, acquired from the artist, 1988.
Stephen Sprouse is widely known in the design world for his Louis Vuitton Graffiti logo bags created in collaboration with Marc Jacobs in 2000. He also designed the dress worn by Debbie Harry in the 1978 video for Heart of Glass. His punk style in design caught the attention of Andy Warhol. Through their friendship Sprouse began experimenting with media such as silk screen printing, photography, and collage. The recipient of this painting, John Reinhold, was friends with Stephen Sprouse and Andy Warhol. Reinhold, a jeweler, gave Warhol a jar of diamond dust suggesting he might incorporate it into his work. Andy Warhol's diamond dust works would follow.
