| Important works by the father of Brit Pop-Art Richard Hamilton lead Bonhams print sale |
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LONDON.- Important works by the printmaker and Father of British Pop-Art, Richard Hamilton, who died earlier this year, lead Bonhams Print sale on 29 November in London. They include ‘Release’ his famous depiction of the arrest of Mick Jagger and art dealer, Robert Fraser, for possession of drugs at a notorious party at the country house of Bill Whyman. Jagger’s subsequent conviction provoked an outcry and an editorial in the Times under the heading, “Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?” questioning the sentence. Based on a photograph printed in the Daily Sketch on 29 June 1967, ‘Release’ was created in 1972 to raise money for a prisoners’ charity and became one of Hamilton’s best known images. It is estimated at £15,000-20,000. Hamilton often used photographs or film stills in his read full article
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