Kate Moss portrait drawn using Pete Doherty’s BLOOD on sale for £5,000
A Kate Moss portrait drawn using Pete Doherty’s BLOOD is on sale for £5,000. The artwork is said to date back to 2005, when the Libertines singer was in a relationship with the supermodel. Pete gifted the painting to the current owner just before the high-profile break up of their relationship in 2007. The 20 […]
A Kate Moss portrait drawn using Pete Doherty’s BLOOD is on sale for £5,000.
The artwork is said to date back to 2005, when the Libertines singer was in a relationship with the supermodel.
Pete gifted the painting to the current owner just before the high-profile break up of their relationship in 2007.
The 20 inch by 24 inch portrait is being sold through Sworders of Stansted Mountfitchet in Essex on February 11.
Kate’s head is made out on the right of the portrait, with the inscription “Ray heads the son”.
There’s also a vase with a dark figure – thought to be Doherty – emerging from the background, which is drawn in crayon.
Doherty has previously auctioned off art made with his blood.
He previously said of the hobby: “Blood plays the starring role in my work – sweat and tears are often waiting in the wings.”
Specialist at Sworders, Mark Wilkinson, said: “At the time it was painted, Pete Doherty and Kate Moss were the ultimate tabloid newspaper fodder – she the super model, he the bad boy rock star.
“There was a lot of interest in Doherty’s art at the time both because of who he was and his macabre choice of medium.
“We expect plenty of interest when it comes for sale.”
Pete collaborated with Amy Winehouse on one of his works, who helped create a portrait with her own blood.
The artwork sold for £35,000 in his exhibition On Blood: A Portrait of the Artist at the Cob Gallery in 2012.
Kate and Peter split in 2007 after a high-profile, controversial relationship.
Last year, Doherty sent a gushing love letter to Kate – much to her boyfriend, Nikolai von Bismark’s, annoyance.
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A source told The Sun on Sunday: “Doherty sent the letter in a box, which also contained a framed photo, to Kate’s address which he knows from their time together.
“It was a rambling love letter with some poetry and lyrics. It contained a reference to his love for her which would never die.
“Nikolai was absolutely furious. They had words but his anger was directed at Doherty. He wanted to know what the heck he was playing at.
“Nikolai is a lovely guy, really placid. But he was very angry and described Doherty as a ‘loser’ and ‘trouble maker’.
“He has also made it clear Kate should not respond in any way as it would encourage him.”