Beatles RARE & LIMITED ' BUTCHER COVER NEGATIVE CONTACT SHEET ROBERT WHITTAKER




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Reference Number: Avaluer:6822749Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Original/Reproduction: Original
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EXTREMELY RARE LIMITED EDITION "BUTCHER COVER" PHOTO SESSION ARCHIVAL 17" X 15" DIGITAL CONTACT SHEET SIGNED BY PHOTOGRAPHER ROBERT WHITTAKER ISSUED EXCLUSIVELY BY MORRISON HOTEL GALLERY, 2007!  ONLY 25 PRODUCED AND THIS EXAMPLE IS NUMBER 6 OF 25!! INCREDIBLE HISTORIC ARTIFACT FOR ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS BEATLES PHOTO SESSIONS FOR THE MOST COLLECTIBLE BEATLES ALBUM COVER OF ALL TIME!ROBERT WHITTAKER HAPPENED TO MEET THE BEATLES ON THEIR 1964 AUSTRALIAN TOUR WHEN HE ACCOMPANIED ONE ...OF HIS JOURNALIST FRIENDS TO AN INTERVIEW WITH THE BAND’S MANAGER, BRIAN EPSTEIN. THE PHOTO HE TOOK DURING THAT MEETING RESULTED IN EPSTEIN OFFERING HIM THE POSITION OF STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER AT NEMS, WHERE HE WORKED WITH ALL OF THE ARTISTS. DURING HIS TIME WORKING WITH THE BEATLES, WHITAKER BECAME EXTREMELY CLOSE WITH THE BAND, PHOTOGRAPHING THEM ONSTAGE, AS WELL AS IN QUIET MOMENTS AT HOME.WHITAKER'S MOST CELEBRATED WORK IS THE 1966 PHOTO WHICH WAS APPROPRIATED FOR THE BEATLES' INFAMOUS BUTCHER COVER PHOTO FOR THE "YESTERDAY AND TODAY" ALBUM COVER! THE COVER WAS BRIEFLY RELEASED IN THE U.S. IN JUNE 1966 BUT HASTILY PULLED OFF THE SHELVES AND RECALLED BY CAPITOL RECORDS TO BE REPLACED WITH A TAMER COVER IMAGE.ON MARCH 25, 1966, THE BEATLES WENT TO WHITTAKER'S CHELSEA STUDIO FOR A PHOTO SESSION, INTENDING TO TAKE PHOTOS FOR THE COVER OF (AND/OR TO PROMOTE) THEIR FORTHCOMING SINGLE "PAPERBACK WRITER" B/W "RAIN".  THE BAND AND THEIR PHOTOGRAPHER WERE DETERMINED TO CREATE SOMETHING MORE THAN THE RUN-OF-THE-MILL PUBLICITY SHOTS, AND AMONG THE RESULTING IMAGES WAS ONE WHICH HAS SINCE BECOME KNOWN AS THE "BUTCHER" PHOTO, IN WHICH THE BEATLES ARE DEPICTED WEARING WHITE COATS, DRAPED WITH DISMEMBERED DOLL PARTS, AND SLABS OF MEAT.WITH ONLY 25 PRODUCED IN 2007, AND SIGNED BY THE LATE ROBERT WHITTAKER (1939-2011) IN BRIGHT WHITE THIN MARKER, THIS IS AN EIGHT FRAME DIGITAL 17" X 15" ARCHIVAL CONTACT SHEET. THESE ORIGINAL NEGATIVES FROM THE "BUTCHER" PHOTO SESSION WERE EXCLUSIVELY DESIGNED AND ISSUED BY MORRISON HOTEL GALLERY FOR A VERY LIMITED TIME AND WERE AUTHORIZED BY MR. WHITTAKER. THIS ONE IS NUMBER 6 OF 25. CONDITION IS NEAR MINT. IT HAS BEEN BEAUTIFULLY FRAMED FOR EXCELLENT DISPLAY IN ANY ROOM!THIS RARE ITEM HAS BECOME ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER "BUTCHER" RELATED COLLECTIBLES. Check out the picture(s) and enjoy! Will be packed in strong box!


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