A talented fellow student of John Lennon’s at the Liverpool College of Art, Stuart Sutcliffe (1940–1962) played the bass (unremarkably, some note) in the first incarnation of the Beatles. Uncomfortable on stage, he soon left the group to devote himself to his art career; not long after, he died of a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of twenty-one. Vintage ballpoint signature, “Stuart Sutcliffe,” on an off-white 2.75 x 1.5 lined slip, clipped from a page of one of his school workbooks. Accompanied by a letter of provenance stating that the notebook was originally property of the Sutcliffe estate until sold at a Bonhams’ auction in July 2003. In fine condition, with a few stray ink marks. COA Roger Epperson/REAL and R&R COA.
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