LIVE NIRVANA GUIDE TO KURT COBAIN'S ART: Paintings
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- Painting of an alien-like figure, believed to be a self portrait, previously shown on Nick Broomfield's Kurt & Courtney documentary.
- Painting of a fetus surrounded by white, thorn-like capillaries. This item
was previously shown on Nick Broomfield's Kurt & Courtney documentary and is estimated to have been made between 1987-1989.
- Painting made on the back of a board game of an alien-like figure,
crouched over and weeping?, with faces of a woman and a mustached man in the
background. This painting is estimated to have been made between 1987-1989.
- Painting of a child with a warped eye and crooked smile, dressed in a
cloak and pointed hat and surrounded by white match-stick figures. This
painting is estimated to have been made between 1987-1989.
- Painting of an alien-like figure, estimated to have been made in 1983. Previous owners include Mike Ziegler of the NLG.
- Painting of a lighthouse, dated 1980. Used for the front cover of Beverly Cobain's book, When Nothing Matters Anymore: A Survival Guide For Depressed Teens.
- Painting of a harbor, dated 1980.
- Oil on canvas painting of a suspended/hanging marionette with wings and an exposed penis, with a small cat sitting in the corner. Titled "Rectal abscesses,
Conjunctivitis, Spinabifida", this painting is estimated to have been made in 1992.
- Painting of a skinny figure, doubled up with what appears to be a broken
and bleeding anus and surrounded by brightly colored flowers.
- Painting of an alien-like figure holding a yellow rose flower in it's hand.
- Painting of a man on a desert island, playing a Les Paul guitar with an
amplifier plugged into a palm tree. This painting is estimated to have been made in 1983.
- Oil on canvas painting of a large, ghostly marionette cradling a poppy flower in the crook of it's arm, whilst a child-like marionette doll clings to it's shoulder, used for the front cover of the Incesticide
release.
- Painting of a marionette set against a dark background, used for the front cover of the Lithium
single release.
- Coloured pencil on paper drawing of a harbor. This home-made birthday card was given to Kurt's grandmother, Iris Cobain, in 1980. Inside the card, Cobain has written, "Happy Birthday Grandmother Love Kurt" in ornate lettering.
- Painting on the glovebox door of a Volkswagen Beetle formerly owned by Gary/Chris Cobain.
