An original blood painting by ex-Libertine Pete Doherty, featuring a self-portrait by the late Amy Winehouse, sold for £35,000 ($56,222) in London on Friday (May 11).
 Doherty and Winehouse's Ladylike |
The piece, entitled Ladylike, was one of 20 paintings created by the notorious singer from his own blood. Bids were boosted by the contributions of Amy Winehouse, who splattered a portrait of herself on the work adopting Doherty's so-called Arterial Splatter technique. The troubled singer tragically died in 2011.
An undisclosed percentage of the £35,000 profit will be donated to the Amy Winehouse Foundation, a charitable organisation which aims to help young people in need.
The second-highest bids in the auction were brought by a collage entitled Smurf. Created by Doherty using mixed-media of relevance to his life, it brought £3,000.
Another collaboration, this time with actress Charlotte Gainsbourg, was snapped up by bidders anticipating the success of their soon-to-be-released film, The Confessions of a Child of the Century. A bargain at £2,900, Leet Strife/Somalians in Camden could be worth 10 times this price should the film see success at the box office.
The most intruiging lot of the sale was provided by a pair of taxidermy crows and two seemingly unconnected elephant carvings, which brought £420.
Our sister company, PFC Auctions, has one of Doherty's coveted blood paintings in its current auction. The piece, which features a self-portrait from the artist, was presented to a fan following a concert in 2010.
