Gorgeous hand-painted New Power Generation fabric, 44 x 32, featuring a brilliant 'pop art' design of vibrant color and sundry images of NPG band members. The fabric, which resembles that of a scarf or perhaps tapestry, was created by an unknown studio commissioned by the PRN wardrobe department, which intended to use the piece as part of the ever-growing NPG wardrobe. The final result proved so impressive that Prince kept the fabric for himself and his then-girlfriend and future wife, Mayte Garcia, the fabric's most prominent and beautiful subject. Included with the fabric are five original color glossy candid photos of the studio members hard at work creating the fabric, which, at full length, stretched across several tabletops. The photos are dated to March and April of 1993, indicating that the fabric took several weeks for the artists to complete, an unsurprising notion given the intricate and eye-popping artwork. In fine condition.
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