| Above is one of 150 limited edition prints signed by the late Linda McCartney of an original Polaroid taken backstage during the US Diamond Dogs tour in 1974. They were printed and published by Paul's company, MPL (McCartney Productions Ltd) in 1977..SPECIAL OFFER from private Collectors . With BLIND STAMP on back of image. This photo is a limited edition color silkscreen series printed and Hand-signed by LINDA McCARTNEY. Numbered on the front of the image 20 of 150. Screen print on Velin printed at Kelpra Studio, London. Linda McCartney (September 24, 1941 - April 17, 1998) was an American musician, photographer and animal rights activist, entrepreneur and publisher who was married to Paul McCartney of the Beatles. McCartney photographed artists such as Aretha Franklin, Grace Slick, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, Eric Clapton, Simon & Garfunkel, the Who, the Doors, the Animals, John Lennon and Neil Young. She photographed Young in 1967, and the picture was used for the front cover of Sugar Mountain - Live at Canterbury House 1968 in 2008. She photographed Clapton for Rolling Stone magazine, becoming the first woman to have a photograph featured on the front cover (May 11, 1968). She and husband Paul also appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone on January 31, 1974, making her the only person to have taken a photograph, and to have been photographed, for the front cover of the magazine. Her photographs were later exhibited in more than 50 galleries internationally, as well as at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. A collection of photographs from that time, Linda McCartney's Sixties: Portrait of an Era, was published in 1993. She also took the photograph for the cover of Paul McCartney's and Michael Jackson's single, "The Girl Is Mine". Condition: Very good. |
