LIVE NIRVANA GUIDE TO KURT COBAIN'S ART: Paintings

 

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  1. 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.
  2. Painting of a harbor, dated 1980.
  3. Airbrush illustration of an abstract landscape, circa 1982-84. Signed "Cobain" in red felt tip on the lower right corner.
  4. Airbrush illustration of a guitarist playing in the middle of an abstract landscape, circa 1982-84. This piece was painted as a practice sketch before completing a final school assignment.
  5. Airbrush illustration of a couple of two aging, Reagan-era punks in the post-apocalypse. Informally known as "Punk American Gothic."
  6. 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.
  7. Painting of an alien-like figure, estimated to have been made in 1983. Previous owners include Mike Ziegler of the NLG.
  8. Painting of an alien-like figure holding a yellow rose flower in it's hand.
  9. Painting on the glovebox door of a Volkswagen Beetle formerly owned by Gary/Chris Cobain.
  10. Painting of a skinny figure, doubled up with what appears to be a broken and bleeding anus and surrounded by brightly colored flowers.
  11. Painting of an alien-like figure, believed to be a self portrait, previously shown on Nick Broomfield's Kurt & Courtney documentary.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. Painting of a marionette set against a dark background, used for the front cover of the Lithium single release.
  18. Painting of a marionette set against a pale background.
  19. Painting of a marionette and a seahorse. The marionette appears to be lighting a fire using a hand-drill.
  20. Abstract painting with "NIRVANA" heading.
  21. Painting of a fetus smoking a crack pipe, titled "Crack Babies."
  22. Painting of a phallus, sperm, a child with a warped eye, a fetus, a seahorse, and a black skeletal figure.
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