For a short time, a member of The Beatles and a painter who worked in a style related to Abstract Expressionism. He left the Beatles to pursue his career as an artist before they achieved their success, and died not long afterwards from a brain hemorrhage. Original unsigned ink sketches of standing and reclining human figures, a seated man looking out a window and a home on both sides of an off-white 8 x 10.5 sheet from one of Sutcliffe’s art school notebooks. Fifteen separate images in all. In fine condition. Accompanied by a letter of provenance stating that the sketchbook was originally property of the Sutcliffe estate until sold at a Bonhams’ auction in July 2003. R&R COA.
