A talented fellow student of John Lennon’s at the Liverpool College of Art, Stuart Sutcliffe (1940–1962) played the bass (unremarkably, some note) in the first incarnation of the Beatles. Uncomfortable on stage, he soon left the group to devote himself to his art career; not long after, he died of a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of twenty-one. Unsigned double-sided ink and wash drawing by Sutcliffe, one side featuring a dockside scene, the other side depicting a hand, on an off-white 9 x 7 page from Sutcliffe’s art school sketchbook. Matted to an overall size of 12 x 9. Stray ink blots and small pieces of tape to edges of “hand” side, otherwise fine condition. Auction LOA Roger Epperson/REAL and R&R COA.
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