Please ensure Javascript is enabled for purposes of website accessibility

Lot #612
Beatles: George Harrison

Harrison’s ‘Taxman’ comes to unsettling life

This lot has closed

Estimate: $1000+
Sell a Similar Item?
Refer Collections and Get Paid
Share:  

Description

Harrison’s ‘Taxman’ comes to unsettling life

Excellent color limited edition 17 x 25.25 lithograph entitled ‘Taxman,’ depicting a warthog and a military official crushing the life and money from a man via a rolling press machine as a line of citizens await the same gruesome fate, numbered 714/850, signed in the lower border in pencil by Harrison, as well as the artist, Keith West. Housed in its original Genesis Publications Limited folder. In fine condition. One of the first songs composed by Harrison, ‘Taxman’ opened the Beatles’ 1966 album Revolver with a lyrical assault on the unjust progressive tax levied by British Labour Party head Harold Wilson. A humorous, if not dystopian, visual representation of the classic Beatles tune. Pre-certified REAL.

Auction Info

  • Auction Title: Fine Autographs And Artifacts
  • Dates: #467 - Ended January 13, 2016