Johnny Thunders New York Dolls Heartbreakers Inspired Les Paul TV Guitar Print Gift

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"I recently purchased this print and I couldn’t be more pleased with my purchase. The print is done on heavy paper and the image is very clean and crisp. It was delivered to the United States in a heavy tube and was undamaged.I’ll definitely order from John7arts again." Charles ★★★★★

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This gallery quality giclée print is unique to Rock’n’Roll Redux, is not available in stores. Each unique Rock’n’Roll Redux design ©2020 David Lloyd.

By the time of the New York Dolls 1974 album "Too Much Too Soon" Johnny was already fully attached to this late 50's Les Paul TV double cutaway with it's stripped-down set-up of just one P-90 pick-up, one volume control and one tone control. Over the years Johnny would adorn his guitar with all kinds of stickers from pin-up models to the black strip L.A.M.F. graffiti slogan from the Heartbreakers years.

As an aside, the "T.V." denoted the colour of the guitar (a deep honey yellow that would fade with time) as it was thought to show up better on black and white television sets as a simple white body would flare under Television lights.

The high quality inks and materials used, combine to produce incredibly rich colours and detail with a light fastness guarantee in excess of 60 years indoor display life.

Designed exclusively for John7Arts / Rock'n'Roll Redux by multimedia artist David Lloyd, an alumni of Central Saint Martins School Of Art and the Institute Of Contemporary Arts in London. Each unique Rock’n’Roll Redux design ©2021 David Lloyd.

Employing the Découpe (cut-up) technique in which written text is cut up and rearranged to create a different and perhaps unexpected new narrative, David Lloyd has employed shards of lyrics to give discerning fans an opportunity to engage in 'discover the songs' beneath a foreground featuring an iconic and classic guitar. The Découpe concept can be traced back to at least the Dadaists of the 1920s, but was popularised in the late 1950s and early 1960s by writer William S. Burroughs and later employed by David Bowie, Kurt Cobain and Thom Yorke.
Due to shipping constraints, we are unable to sell our prints mounted and framed as pictured.

Framing Tips

I designed the print size to fit standard off the shelf frames in the US and Europe in order to save on costs for customers in their respective territories.

The 11.8 x 11.8" print (30 x 30cm including border) is signed with it's own individual limited edition number (1 of only 50) then laid on a sheet of tissue paper before being carefully rolled and placed inside a strong reinforced cardboard tube for shipping purposes. It will fit into a 12" x 12" frame, a 13" x 13" frame and a 14" x 14" depending how big the mount border you prefer (the one illustrated in the room with the lamp would be a 14" x 14" frame, whilst the frame with the smaller mount would fit a 12" x 12" frame.