Eric Clapton sits on the patio at his home playing a 1975 blonde/white Fender Telecaster with a Pignose mini amplifier. Pattie took this photograph sometime in the summer of 1979, a few months after they were married in Tucson, AZ. They had a party to celebrate their wedding at Hurtwood Edge in May, and much ado has been made of the fact that three of the Beatles were in attendence.
In 1999 Clapton recalled that he was gifted this guitar by a friend in the Bahamas while rehearsing for his upcoming second tour of Japan in 1975. He played this guitar on that tour although it did not see regular rotation during live performances much beyond that. His longtime guitar tech Lee Dickson remembers that he did later use this guitar in studio while making his hit record From the Cradle, in 1994. He sold this guitar among many others in the 1999 Christie's auction to benefit his Crossroads Rehabilitation Center.
Interestingly, Clapton has said that he recorded all of the guitar parts for his 1974 song Motherless Children using a Pignose. He sold this amp, along with many others at a second auction he organized to raise more funds for his Crossroads Recovery Centre in 2011.
Release Notes:
This is a signed, limited-edition photograph by Pattie Boyd.
Pattie Boyd first began offering select photographs as signed, limited editions in 2001. In 2005 SFAE hosted Pattie's first-ever solo exhibition which attracted worldwide attention. The following year we hosted her second-ever solo exhibition to great acclaim, and we are proud to continue to represent her work after she took a brief hiatus between 2024-2026.
Each photograph is available in several sizes including:
- 16" x 20" sheet size, limited edition of 50
- 20" x 30" sheet size, limited edition of 25
- 30" x 40" sheet size, limited edition of 10
Collector's Notes:
Each of Pattie Boyd's museum-quality photographs is printed to order in London, UK, and hand-signed and numbered by Pattie in the margin beneath the image.
Please allow 2-4 weeks for delivery.
Prices start at $2,000. Please contact us to inquire about current availability!
All buyers will receive a certificate of authenticity following delivery of their artwork.