PSYCHIC TV RARE ORIG. BRASS DESK ART SCULPTURE : FORCE THE HAND OF CHANCE
£
300
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398
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DISCOVERED DURING A RECENT ESTATE CLEARANCE, THIS IS AN UNUSUAL AND RARE ITEM - A VERY HEAVY PIECE OF DESK ART / MEMORABILIA IN RELATION TO THE ENGLISH EXPERIMENTAL VIDEO ART / MUSIC GROUP : PSYCHIC TV (sometimes spelled Psychick TV), or PTV.
STANDING 8 INCHES HIGH AND 1 and 3/4 INCHES IN DIAMETER THIS DESK ART / SCULPTURE IS IN THE FORM OF A GOLDEN PENIS AND IS MADE FROM SOLID BRASS.
ONLINE RESEARCH HAS FOUND / SUGGESTED THAT THE ITEM WAS MADE IN 1982 WHILST THE BAND WERE SIGNED TO SOME BIZARRE / WEA RECORD LABELS AT THE TIME OF THE RELEASE OF ONE OF THEIR EARLY ALBUMS.
RUMOURED TO HAVE BEEN CAST FROM A MOULD OF BALANCE'S PENIS (John Balance). THE SCULPTURE IS REALISTICALLY FORMED, REPLETE WITH VEINS AND DELICATELY INSCRIBED ON THE HEAD WITH THE NAMES OF RECORD COMPANIES WHO HAD APPARENTLY DECLINED TO SIGN THE BAND : Phonogram; RCA; CBS; EMI & Island.
IMPRESSED ON THE CIRCULAR BASE OF THE SCULPTURE ARE THE WORDS :
Psychic TV-Force
The Hand Of Chance
APPARENTLY THE SCULPTURE WAS ONE OF ONLY 50 MADE.
GIVEN THE VERY HEAVY WEIGHT OF THE ITEM PLEASE EMAIL FOR INTERNATIONAL POSTAGE CALCULATION.
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